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Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve written over here. So much going on at PureOutside. I’ve been talking to people about Life Lists lately and remembered that this one needed some attention once in a while. I read through Jenn’s List and Erin’s List and it made me think about the stuff I’ve accomplished and have [...]

January was hard. I didn’t think I was going to make it through this challenge for the first week. I remember thinking that if only I could only do what I wanted to do, then things would be fine. But that’s not how it works. Once a habit like eating certain things at certain times [...]

I’ve been reading Colin Wright at Exile Lifestyle and admire what he’s doing.  Travelling around the world is not easy task and yet he’s running a design firm, multiple creative online services and doing it with less than 100 things. He is definitely an inspiration to myself and others wanting to minimize their lifestyle and [...]

Out for a hike on a gorgeous day

There are a number of national parks and excellent day and multi-day tramps in New Zealand. The many kilometers of tracks in Abel Tasman National Park are among the most beautiful and easiest to access. About 40 minutes out of Nelson on the top of the South Island of New Zealand, the park stretches some [...]

It was freezing in the mountains. The sun was still shining when I rolled in but it sure wasn’t that warm. I quickly got out the pants and jacket and made the most of the heat from the sun. I strolled around town, taking a look into some of the shops and grabbing some groceries [...]

In driving to and from Lennox Head, Kingscliffe and Brisbane, I went past the turn off to Mount Warning a few times. I wasn’t sure which one it was in the jumble of peaks you can see from the highway but I assumed it was the tallest of the group It is the first to [...]

I needed to get out of the house for a little bit of fresh air this morning so we headed down to the Cable Bay Trail in Cedar, south of Nanaimo. Sunday mornings there’s a large group that heads out there will all their dogs in tow ( or rather the owners in tow) to [...]