I met up with an old college friend this morning on a stopover in San Francisco.  Our rendezvous flew by as we both tried to fill each other in on...

The nighttime howl of a hound dog kept me awake last night.  It pulled at my heart strings and sent my own dogs (Chewie and Rula, my house sitting mates...

A few weeks ago at the Nelson airport, something strange happened… and by strange, I mean amazing.  When checking in for my flight, I wasn’t asked for a ticket or...

I was nervous about my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand.  The more people I talked to, the more I regretted having booked a 10-day house sit there.  “There’s not much...

New Zealand is known as the adventure capital of the world.  I remember my older brother talking about his trip here in the early 90’s and what stayed with me...