by Alice | May 31, 2018 | Books, Life and death, technology
For the last six months I’ve been having the delightful experience of discovering a new favourite author. Lois McMaster Bujold isn’t a household name like Diana Gabaldon, or JK Rowling, or Charlaine Harris, or even Ursula K Le Guin. But I think she should be. Bujold...
by Alice | May 27, 2018 | Alternative economics, Food, New Zealand culture
This is a post about local food. I love eating food grown in my region, the Waikato in New Zealand’s heartland. I don’t think local food is just an idealistic middle class fad, as some cynical commentators claim. But the local food economy is an interesting and...
by Alice | Mar 26, 2018 | Becoming Alice, Books, Storytelling
Like a zillion other people, I love Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. Her novels are packed with romance, feisty heroines, brave heroes, swashbuckling adventure, hot sex, and characters you’re happy to spend 700-odd pages with. Plus a bit of time-travelling to...
by Alice | Feb 5, 2018 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Spiritual wellbeing, Wellbeing
This blog is the story of my spiritual experiences, in a world where soul and spirit are very hard to talk about. Spirituality is seen as a subjective, personal thing that you can’t talk about to anybody else. (Maybe I’ve already lost you!) This isn’t a theoretical...
by Alice | Aug 22, 2017 | Ecology, New Zealand culture
Watershed – two definitions: an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. an event or period marking a turning point in a situation. I’ve written this post to get my head around the multiple, complex issues surrounding...
