things we lost
one bright yellow water bottle with great stickers down the side of Linville Gorge (Asheville)
1 set of blue ‘chili pepper’ dangly earrings ‘borrowed’ from my sister, and 1 set of turquoise horse earrings borrowed for a New Year’s celebration (Sadhana Forest)
[stolen by monkeys!] 3 zebra, cupcake, and jungle patterned Glad Rags, clean, and drying on the hotel balcony (Varanasi)
1 set of smashed USA penny earrings from the Gainesville Citizens’ Coop (no idea)
[stolen] 1 pair of Salomon hiking shoes (off my backpackon the night bus to Bangkok)
[stolen] my personal “yoga” money- around 350 baht (from deep in the guts of my backpack on the night bus to Bangkok)
1 digital camera, memory card (Bangkok)
our toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss (Kaitaia)
half container of sunflower seed butter and Fair Trade chocolate (Kaitaia)
3 1/2s of earrings: one large paua shell earring from Rachel from Gore, one dangly paua shell and bead earring from Kaitaia Farmer’s Market, and one Fair Trade paper crane earring from Blue Bird Cafe in Chiangmai, Thailand. (various places in NZ)
1 gypsy hat courtesy of Save Mart (Wellington)
countless pony tails and hair clips
each other!
found:
before we lost it: one NZ converter plug
lava rocks, paua shells with hair (on beach in Amberley)
happiness (most places)
one pair of headphones (on the subway in Singapore)
Slippery Jack boletes, Porcini (Kaitaia and Christchurch)
dandelion bouquets (north of Whangerei)
a new favorite pancake recipe- Scottish pancakes (from Yolanda)
warm clothes from SaveMart
bathing suit top from Gap, rain boots, in free bin at Sadhana Forest
over 30 hitchhike rides in NZ
ways to sleep in lots of airports
our sense of adventure
lots of CSing hosts
lots of vegan restaurants
lots of vegan options!
given:
dried fruits from our sold dehydrator in Colorado
beautiful jacket from Franzi in India
a neem toothbrush from a man on a train from Varanasi to Mumbai
NZ intercity bus passes from Lara
traditional Bangladeshi clothes for Eid celebration with Bishawjit
the Soryl Family’s vegan cookbook
a NZ lonely planet from Bev in Dunedin
smiles and waves from passer-bys
a broken belt that I had gifted to Travis in Nepal
many rides, couches, floors, blankets and pillows, food, conversations
A Mary’s Gone Cracker’s box to memorize for potential outreach jobs from Justice in Kaitaia
Why we love dogs, eat pigs and wear cows from Guy and Sarah in Wellington
a beautiful pair of paua shell earrings from Rachel in Gore (see “things we lost”) 😦
this life is a gift!
kale them with kindness 