One of the handful of women at So Coded the other day sported the most amazing binary code tattoo. So awesome was it, in fact, that two of my fellow geeky speakers proceeded to spend about 5 hours trying to decode it. I’m not sure if they succeeded.
When you’ve flown right around the world in under a week and a half, day and night, wake and sleep, standing and falling all sort of blend into one.
So, as I mentioned in the last couple of posts, I was in Hamburg to speak at a developers conference about life on the road, living and working from our converted school bus. It has taken more guts to post the video here than it took to give the presentation in the first place, but … Continue reading So Coded
Back when I used to co-produce World Sweet World Magazine with my husband, Thomas, our motto/ tagline was “Make your day”. I’ve been meaning to do a handlettered version of it for a while now, but have never gotten round to it. So here’s a first draft – there are things I’d like to change, … Continue reading Day 89: Go ahead, make your day
I’m in Hamburg, Germany at the moment, here (pretty mindblowingly) to speak at the developers conference, So Coded, about my life travelling and working in a bus. Hamburg is pretty much as far away from New Zealand as you can get, so the whole flying/ waiting/ flying/ waiting/ flying/ waiting/ flying process took about 30 … Continue reading Day 88: Long haul
I was in hospital recently with my son (for some tests and yes, he’s fine). I felt for all the weary parents who would just manage to doze off to the sound of beeping monitors and whimpering children, only to wake as a quiet nurse slipped past to whisper to the mum behind the adjoining … Continue reading Day 86: Hospital sleep
Letting a child struggle to do something without interfering is one of the challenges of parenthood. Seeing this 2 1/2 year old get into his ‘jamies by himself is a pretty sweet reward though!
Living in a housebus is great, don’t get me wrong. And I do love the admiring glances we often get. But sometimes, when we’ve been staying in a parking lot instead of a campground, I do get a little bit over hipsters peeking through the window of our home as they make their way back … Continue reading Day 82: Privacy
Every time I cut my children’s hair, I swear I’ll never do it again. Hairdressers are there for a reason, I tell myself. Then a couple of months and two shaggy boys down the track, those scissors start whispering to me again, and my fingers start twitching….
Sometimes waiting requires more than a touch of divine virtue.
Our photographer friend, Kate and her partner Bryn let us stay with them a couple of weeks ago while our housebus was getting repaired. I enjoyed sneaking peeks over her shoulder while she was editing photos. Hopefully we can collaborate on something together again soon.
Sometimes parents need a pick me up too.
I drew this after my wonderful friend Bonnie from Rusty Skillet taught me to make Sauerkraut. We ate the stuff heaps while living in Germany, and I’m loving how cheap it is to DIY.
A couple of months ago we’ve arrived in Wellington, and this is what it felt like: We have been looking forward to this moment for a long time. Finally in Wellington, WITHÂ our new home. Two nights at Russell Terrace behind the zoo and now we’ve moved to the South Coast. And what shall I say? … Continue reading Wellington
Now here’s another blast from the past post, I’m sorry. Frantically trying to catch up with the months. Pretend it’s late March and summer is drawing to a close. Half a year after climbing over the Haast pass to dive into mild climates, spring, summer and beachiness, we’re heading over to the NI. Hard to … Continue reading Nelson summer life