Article Archive for May 2010
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#46 – The Sandcastle Chalet Accommodation, Golden Bay (Sooo Lush and You Could Stay Here!)
(As I raise my son and grow my good news website)
Today Kahu the gorgeous two year old, Maia the Golden Dog and my good self stopped by the Sandcastle here in Golden Bay, to have …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
Good morning
Todays subject is testing. Partly because I am testing out my new email marketing software and partly because as I started to test my system I realised we are constantly testing ourselves or being …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#45 – Serious Slumber Action
It’s been a busy week on the Happyzine front. You know, workshops to plan and run, Youth Coordinators to negotiate with (I nearly lost mine to TVNZ!). So today I was able to hand my …
Kai to Pie – Auckland on a Plate Opens
Auckland’s extraordinary wealth of people and cultures, its fertile abundance of land, sun and sea will be unveiled, all through the lens of food, in a new exhibition called Kai to Pie: Auckland on a …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#44 – Free Spirit
Mushrooms. They’re everywhere right now. If you’ve got your mushroom spectacles on. My brother wears his permanently as he loves harvesting free stuff from public spaces – you know firewood, feijoas, apples, watercress, plums, pears, …
Sustainable Environmentalism Workshop: Three Groovy Ways to Chillax and Use Your Natural Talents to Create Positive Environmental Change.
Place: Organic Green Grocer
Corner of Tasman & Grove Street
Nelson
Time: 1 – 3pm Saturday 29th May
(Tomorrow!)
Price: $25 ($5 goes to the venue)
Participants will receive:
Tips and Information about how to be clear (and excited) about their core …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#43 – Twas the Night Before the Workshop …
Twas the night before Workshop,
and all through the land,
cold raindrops were falling,
as I fine tuned my plan.
Affirmations were finalised
and vision boards rolled up.
Plus plans for scary exercises,
prepared with much love.
Ok, so it’s nearly eleven pm …
ASB Cycle Friendly Awards 2010
Media Statement from Cycling Advocates’ Network
The Search is on for New Zealand’s Best Cycling Projects
The search for New Zealand’s best bike lane, most effective promotion, and most cycle-friendly employer is on. The Cycling Advocates’ Network …
Letting Space – Free Store Opens in Ghuznee St
LETTING SPACE
“MAKING DREAMS REALTY”
Wellington’s first Free Store opens today at 38 Ghuznee St, supplied by local retailers keen to reduce waste and provide excess stock to the community for no cost.
Artist Kim Paton, creator of …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#42 – Love on a Rainy Day
Today was the kind of rainy winter’s day here in Golden Bay, when you feel not only snug, but also smug if you’re lucky enough to be inside, at home with the fireplace (or heat …
Happiness is a Choice
“What I discovered was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#41 – Oprah’s Flash Mob Dance Send-Off
Look what’s possible! I’ve just discovered flash mob dancing. In fact, we’re planning a little something ourselves here in Golden Bay …
Flash dancing involves the element of surprise, organised dance and from the looks of …
Young New Zealanders Carving the Future at Reel Earth
Emerging young filmmakers Guy Ryan and Nick Holmes have just been awarded ‘Runner-up Best New Zealand Film’ at New Zealand’s Reel Earth Film Festival for their youth-action focused documentary Carving the Future (www.carvingthefuture.com).
The awards night …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#40 – Ode to the Mussel Inn (an essential Kiwi life experience)
Ahhh blog number forty! It’s time to celebrate with lunch at the Mussel Inn. Come on! Let’s abandon our original plans, throw the gear in the car and take to the bush cafe!
The Mussel Inn …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#39 – What’s Coordination Got to Do With It?
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
I had a ten out of ten moment today. It happened while I was leaping about in the old Freemasons Hall trying to keep up …
Archey’s Frog: Part of a Clean Green New Zealand?
If Charles Darwin was alive, he’d be the first to campaign against the recent Government land mining proposals in New Zealand that will threaten the world’s most evolutionarily distinct amphibian, Archey’s Frog. But New Zealand …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#37 – Matariki Morning
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
Here’s some music to listen to while you read this blog.
Tina Bridgman. If you haven’t heard of her, you will soon. Tonight I fare-welled her, …
Body Casting Workshop
A process of creation, reverence and profound intimacy with the physical being of human form.
Led by Joyologist Pat Armitstead you will engage in storytelling, artistic representation, explore symbolism and then …
Conscious Consumers Cafe Guide Launch – June 2nd – An Exciting New Project for the Wellington Cafe Scene
On June 2nd we are launching an exciting and innovative project that will revolutionise the way Wellingtonians make choices about their cafes.
An increasing number of New Zealanders are seeking sustainable products and services including organic …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#37 – Love Scenes at an Airport
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
[I am loving writing this blog. It’s a purely self indulgent act. I love that I’m thirty seven blogs into three hundred and sixty …
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