Author Archives: gavyn
Turning 6
Cake for breakfast, followed by opening presents, making lego Star Wars ships, going to the movies and eating out at Los Cucos.
So far 6 is the best year ever!!!
Rafa’s Jiu Jitsu Birthday
Family Travel Japan: Day 3, Ueno Park
After declaring it an anime-shopping-free day, we decided to make the most of the beautiful weather in Tokyo so headed for Ueno Park. In Cherry Blossom season, this is one…
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Frugal Fun – Free stuff for kids
It’s generally known I love to read. I usually read several books a week, but lately I just haven’t been able to stick with a book. I don’t know what’s going on, but everything’s boring me.
Instead of reading at night, I’ve started watching YouTube vi… Continue reading
Family Travel Japan: Day 2, Ikebukuro
In my fast and loose ‘Mind Itinerary’, I had pencilled in Monday for a trip to Sea Disney in Tokyo. However, after one day on the ground, what we really…
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Happy New Year!
It’s a new year, and there is a lot to love lately! Things like…
Celebrating New Years with friends! We had a great New Years hanging with friends, eating delicious goodies (thanks to the amazing Jackie B), drinking Luwak coffe… Continue reading
Family Travel Japan: Day 1, Tokyo
Lord. Japan is far, far away from Auckland, New Zealand. And I mean far. But that is what makes it so amazing. After two great Jetstar Flights (thanks Jason…
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Summer like a Kiwi – What happens above 23°
January marks the second, ‘official’ month of New Zealand summer. We Kiwi’s are comfortably settled into the annual, seasonal slow-down we look forward to every year. The kids have chilled…
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Frugal Fun – Pretty little wilderness
It’s been all about butterflies and ducklings at our place lately. Our very own slice of paradise.
We’re desperately trying to catch sight of a butterfly hatching out of its chrysalis, but keep missing it. One minute the chrysalis is a dark black sac… Continue reading
All three for free for the next few
It’s my birthday this week! And for the next few days, all three of the novelettes I’ve written (The Quin, Missive and Salvage) are FREE TO DOWNLOAD in the form of The Gen2K Omnibus. There’s even bonus stuff.One-click, no cost, short fiction… Continue reading
So…all three of my novelettes are out :P
The third and final novelette in Tama and Bex’s story arc is now available. If you’ve been meaning to get to this little series but the holiday season has flown by without you getting to it, you don’t even have to go back and grab them one b… Continue reading
Farewell 2017
Well here we are on the last day of 2017 and it seriously feels like each year goes by more quickly as I get older!
Even though I’ve become a very irregular blogger, I am committed to keeping my annual tradition since 2009 of looking a… Continue reading
Women’s Health: My first time using a Lunette Menstrual Cup
A year ago I never would have written this post. A year ago I would have ignored/declined the invitation to try a menstrual cup, firmly placing the very notion in…
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