February 2019 – Zeke Speaks

I Am Searching For The Finish Line

February 21, 2019 Facts Improving The Bus 2 Comments

View from 41000 feet. We made it back, though for too much of it I was attempting to live into Mme Awesome’s Navy SEAL friend’s quote: I made it through the training because I knew that, eventually, they’d have to stop. Yes, we had another mouse guest, though this time the…

Angle Walking

February 15, 2019 Facts No Comments

More French toast and then on to another chill day. First we hit the beach for a swim. Plus turtles. And then came the stunning invention of Angle Walking, patent pending. See, walking on a beach with decent slope inevitably leads to an unpleasant distraction. Instead of enduring, may I…

Made It Out

February 14, 2019 Culinary Facts No Comments

Last night was over 12 hours of sleep for each of us. Potentially over 13, depending on slumber commencement. That’s not typical, even for Zeke, who arguably reached Grandmaster status in junior high and never successfully challenged since. Post French toast and passion fruit tea, we left for the weekly…

The North Shore, Down Under

February 14, 2019 Facts No Comments

We had received an invitation to stay the night between the The Barrier and Oahu flights in Chatswood, an Auckland suburb, with Mme J and M P. We’d met them some weeks (!) before at Mme V’s Medlands casa, made plans which needed to be postponed and were glad to…

More Than Halfway Home

February 13, 2019 Facts No Comments

As nice as was the sofa, nicer still is to be off the plane. Customs confiscated our carrots, leaving a bit of cheese, trail mix and some energy/protein balls. And the coveted and perhaps conveniently forgotten honey that I’m not writing about. We secured a rental car and headed to…

The Last Summer Day

February 13, 2019 Facts No Comments

There is a seasonal resident on the island who likes to swim in astonishingly robust conditions. For instance, during this week’s mega waves, he actually chose to go out from a beach where the swells are still larger. His superhero suit consists of a swimsuit, wetsuit vest and fins. I…

Wiped Clean

February 11, 2019 Facts No Comments

Mme Awesome took off for the hot springs in AM. The short of it, I was told some hours later, is the long soak and the walk through bush was lovely. Zeke woke up maybe when Mme Awesome was first slipping into the pools, and, after some of this and…

Hongi Time

February 10, 2019 Facts No Comments

Serious socializing today. Mme Awesome took off early to Okupu with Mme V, M M and Mme A for a swim and nature walk. Meanwhile I hit the beach for a stunning experience of way high tide. Think mini tsunamis, covering and reshaping the expansive sands. Expansive can mean many…

Holy Galloping Cows

February 8, 2019 Entertainment Facts No Comments

The cows that live across the street here gallop. Being serious. I’ve never seen so much mass moving so quickly. Lots – and I mean lots – of mooing too. At times that is, and definitely less galloping than mooing. For perspective, less time mooing than not mooing. That’s my…

You Are Not In Danger

February 5, 2019 Facts No Comments

Our daily beach migration includes passing several oyster catcher couples. In general, they look at us with sideways glances out of their curiously orange eyes and call out a mix of hello and please keep your distance. One pair vehemently shares with us they are extremely less eager to allow…