ABOUT ME

West Virginia, the Appalachian Mountains, on the ancestral land of the Adena people, and more recently, Shawnee, Wyandot, Delaware (Lenape) and Mingo tribes.

State Highway 35! Made it the whole way around this time. What a taonga.

Gotta go with Sunrise on this one. Can’t beat watching the sun come up through the crashing waves here in Tairāwhiti.

I’d love to say fiction, but I leave the library with 98% non-fiction every year because I am the most giant nerd.

We have some amazing glamping options around here, but I love to rough it. A 5-star accomodation for me = being able to see 5 stars before dusk because the sky is so clear.

It was the panda (for obvious reasons), then the dolphin, followed by the honey badger. The most fave ever is the octopus. I have befriended many of them and they are the most intelligent, curious, funny beings. Also, crows, but they don’t live here so we’ll go with octopus.

In no particular order: beach trash art, knitting science into patterns, my family, learning rongoa, trail running, open water swimming, field science, my family, learning how to make excellent Mexican food, weather trends, my family, astronomical events, maramataka, growing food, foraging herbs, roller skating, my family, re-wilding and re-indigenising my ways. My family..

I have a husband, Mike, who works in District Nursing and is kickass at his job and also very hilarious, tells it like it is and is loyal beyond measure.

I have a daughter, Iris, who goes to high school, has several jobs, and is an amazing listener and friend. She also has a wicked sense of humour and I think she’s gorgeous in and out.

I have a son, Harry, who’s at Intermediate and loves chickens, gaming with his friends, mowing the lawn meticulously and pranking me every chance he gets. He has the longest running game of “would you rather” going, even though I’ve told him the things he makes me choose from make me feel woozy sometimes.