West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Days 2 & 3, Canterbury Open, Otira Café, Truman Track, Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, and Westland Petrel Colony

June 19, 2021

Fought in the Canterbury Open, and then an action-packed day north of Greymouth.

West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Day 1, WLG-CHC

June 12, 2021

Last year Elliott and I went to the West Coast for the Queen’s Birthday weekend. Victoria Day is a bit earlier but the Canterbury Open was basically on the Victoria Day long weekend (not a holiday in NZ!) and I figured it would be a good chance to get out to the West Coast again, though coming from Christchurch rather than Wellington, and a bit further south than last time.

May: non-teaching term month 1

June 1, 2021

Incremental progress throughout May; as usual, non-teaching terms are much less of a grind.

Holidays: Canada vs NZ

May 15, 2021

I know what’s when in Canada, but things are completely different here. Let’s try to figure it out.

Review: Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffan

May 9, 2021

Canadian content! This short work of creative nonfiction follows a bear, Nanu, as she raises her cubs near Churchill Falls (Manitoba) in contemporary times.