A celebrant is someone who celebrates something, often a significant life event such as a marriage, a death, a birth, a baby naming, and other major milestones. No two weddings or funerals (the most common life events celebrants are called for) are the same, making celebrancy a satisfying and endlessly interesting profession. Wedding celebrants go […]
Kings Seeds carries over a thousand varieties of seed. If you’re looking for something special, they probably have it. This year they celebrate 40 years in business. Owners, Barbara and green-fingered Gerard Martin, who grew flowers commercially through the 1990s In Levin were friends with Ross and Glenys King. The Kings had started Kings Herb […]
Rest in peace, dearest man. May your beautiful heart be shared many millions of times over. In 1996 I answered an ad for a room in a boarding house. Newly arrived in Sydney after a six month offshore crewing experience and fast running out of money, George the manager invited me to have a look. […]
First a disclaimer. I know the author. We’re Facebook friends and we’ve even met in unpixellated life. We worked on a common project without knowing each other, and met subsequently. Her coffee is great, and was it pecan pie? Something magnificent. Aotearoa New Zealand is a small country. So small. Years ago I worked in […]
Inside, sitting at an enormous kauri table around which thousands of people have eaten at Rainbow Valley Farm (RVF), permaculture legend Trish Allen shows no sign of slowing down. Her beautiful house at Matakana based on permaculture principles, incorporates many pieces of RVF where she lived for 25 years with her partner, the late […]
Theresa Sjoquist
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Theresa Sjoquist
