People in Australia have often asked me what an earthquake feels like. Most Australians have never felt one […]

I took this photo of a house not far from ours in St Albans. For those who know […]

We drove back to Christchurch yesterday afternoon and received a nice welcome in the form of a Mag. […]

We are now cosily ensconced in a dog-friendly holiday house on the Dunedin Peninsula. It’s a magnificent part […]

Earthquakes are an unusual traumatic event from which to recover because they go on and on and on. […]

We are all in Dunedin today. This was not supposed to happen; we are supposed to be in […]

Just found this very funny clip on YouTube.  Definitely worth watching.

I should have added to my post yesterday when quoting Seneca’s thoughts on dealing with earthquakes, that the […]

It is necessary to find solace for distressed people and to remove their great fear. Yet can anything […]

It’s official. Ben got a promotion and we’re moving to Auckland! We’ll be swapping earthquakes for volcanoes, but […]

I’m feeling a little less anxious this evening because we had our 5M+ earthquake for the month this […]

Daniel’s kindy is having a dance party day this week and he is encouraged to come in his […]

I just found these amazing photos taken from within the red zone: https://picasaweb.google.com/RossBeckerNZ/2011April27IntoTheChristchurchRedZoneSo sad to see. So hard to […]

There’s an amazing photo in The Press this morning of grass growing inside a Christchurch woman’s house. And […]

The front page of our newspaper yesterday read: “Big quake risk put at 23%”. It created a bit […]

Conversation with Daniel: Daniel: I want some ham.Me: There’s no ham left, I’m afraid.Daniel: You ate it all.Me: […]

Climbing trees Better on the face than the furniture I suppose In the playhouse

People here are becoming increasingly frustrated about the city centre remaining out of bounds. The heart of the […]

A goatee? Dance classes this week went fabulously well. Both kids were in good spirits; Elizabeth had had […]