Blog Minx

I have just spent a day-and-half moving through the air, from San Francisco all the way to Auckland. You can read about the fun and games of long-distance flights and connections on Travel Minx.

But the main thing is, I’m back! I’m right in the middle of town and yet it looks so empty. There is so much space. This is the fourth time I’ve come home after a long absence and that always strikes me, along with how intense the light here is, and the colors.

I dropped by my storage unit to pick up some winter clothes (yep, it’s winter, brrrr) and noticed all my possessions , and realized I hadn’t given them a minute’s thought since I left. For six months, a pink wheely suitcase had been enough.

Driving back from the airport, I heard on the radio that the New Zealand dollar is again at an all-time high at 80.4c to the US dollar, and is predicted to keep rising. Just a couple of years ago it was 47c; just a few AdSense checks could’ve helped me retire!

So those US dollars I made and make are not quite worth what they might have been. Still, it’s money, right? I’ve been to Argentina; I shouldn’t complain about currency fluctuations.

Now excuse me while I fashion a bed somewhere out of US banknotes.