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Size Occasionally Matters

Posted on September 20, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

One of the things that creeps up on you after a while living in America is the realization that the place is actually a lot more normal than its reputation would have you believe. In fact, the place in America … Continue reading →

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The Fourth

Posted on July 9, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

We spent the Fourth of July in New York, as Mike had to work down there the day before and after. I enjoy it as a holiday because it’s so quantitatively different to Waitangi Day as a national celebration, i.e., … Continue reading →

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On the Cape

Posted on May 29, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

The best thing about my prelim last week being moved to Monday was that it freed me up for the drive to Woods Hole on Thursday morning. Given that Woods Hole is a decent three hours in good traffic from … Continue reading →

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At The Mall

Posted on April 10, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Like a lot of places in America, our part of Western Massachusetts has given way from small local shops to large malls – although several towns in the area cunningly maintain their sense of local pride by banning big-box stores, … Continue reading →

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New York: Part Three

Posted on March 13, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

The last time we went to New York, we didn’t have to deal with any security, mainly because we didn’t really go anywhere with controlled entry. This time, we visited both the Empire State Building and Ellis Island, which have … Continue reading →

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New York: Part One

Posted on February 28, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

One of the things I like to tell people about Western Massachusetts which is both strictly true and kind of misleading is that we’re “only three hours from New York”, which makes it sound like an exciting day trip we … Continue reading →

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Home Again (Again)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I feel like I’ve been to enough parts of America now (major cities visited, not just in the changing-planes sense, in the last year: San Francisco, Boston, Portland (OR), New York, New Orleans, Seattle, Baltimore, holy crap that’s quite a … Continue reading →

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New Orleans, Part Deux

Posted on March 7, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

The rest of my visit to New Orleans was considerably less exciting than the first night (which I think is a good thing.) We spent the second afternoon workshopping ideas about ways to increase local sustainability regarding global issues. My … Continue reading →

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A Long Way From Home

Posted on March 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

It still seems entirely out of place – disrespectful, even – to be talking about having fun, with everything going on back in Christchurch, but this week has been a good lesson in the fact that the world moves on … Continue reading →

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Hello and Goodbye, New York

Posted on January 28, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Our trip to New York was something of an impulse decision (although you should probably understand that for me, “impulse decision” means “booked two weeks in advance”.) It was also something I hadn’t thought about a lot – I knew … Continue reading →

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