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From Winter to Summer and Back Again
Directly after I wrote about the Darkest Days of the Year, my experience of this year's winter in the Southern Hemisphere, I spent two weeks working from bed with a winter flu. Then, as soon as I recovered, I flew to the Northern Hemisphere for a week of summertime. I didn't know I was going north for this trip. One of my clients is Mike Rayburn, the motivational comedian with guitar who was the co-chair for the US National Speakers [...]
Darkest Days of the Year
June was an exciting month. We experimented with celebrating American Father's Day in New Zealand. The timing worked great, with Johanna's dad visiting us this month. Her mom visited last month for Mother's Day, and we got her dad here for Father's Day, too. In New Zealand, Father's Day is in September. We played with the idea of celebrating Father's Day twice, because when we lived in Costa Rica, they celebrated Mother's Day on a different day than the US, [...]
Movements in May
Indi turned 13, and it was wonderful. Thirteen years ago, my daughter was born. At the precise moment of the anniversary of her birth, it also happened to be the precise moment of the New Moon. This magical woman stood at the center of a sacred circle, as she left childhood behind. Maiden, Mother, and Crone at Stonehenge Aotearoa I am so honored to have this wonderful person in my life, and I am grateful she has such powerful and [...]
6 Highlights from April
1. Easter egg hunts Since we are in the Southern Hemisphere, the Spring celebration of Ostara falls in the Fall. It's odd, having the traditional spring easter-egg-hunt while the weather is turning colder, but it was till fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDU_Qt6dN5E We plan on celebrating half-holidays, so we will celebrate Easter 2 2019 in the springtime. Stay tuned! 2. Life milestone: We put away the juicer. For months, a masticating juicer has been on the kitchen countertop, because raw cabbage juice was [...]
Time changes
It is April in New Zealand, and we 'fall back' with our clocks this season. This used to be a cause for celebration, getting an extra hour of sleep, but now I have to mentally readjust my distance from the Northern Hemisphere for the 3rd time (so far) this year. My difference from Pacific Time changes **5 times every year.** See, the specific weekend that Americans Springs Forward is different than the weekend when New Zealand Falls Back, so we [...]
Working while weary
I'm working hard, and it's hard on me. When I’m working from home, I’ve found it helps me get more productive to change out of my pajama pants, and into pants with pockets and a belt. I guess it really gets my ass in gear. But I've had to work from bed many days in February, because I'm weak, and that's strange for me. For most of my adult life, I’ve been active and fit. I’m a hard worker, and [...]