http://www.penneylaneonline.com \"where mindstyle matters\" Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:37:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back in Auckland city I was feeling quite claustrophobic having left behind us the wide open spaces of the Helensville countryside. I'm not too sure Helensvillians will like hearing I've let the cat out of the bag on their best-kept secret of better than average well-being so mum's the word ... http://www.penneylaneonline.com/2008/11/20/from-small-beginnings/ With all our goodbyes behind us, we drove out along Haranui Road one last time, blew kisses in the direction of the urupa to Nanny Moewaka where she and Arka lay, charges of Papatuanuku and finally headed back towards Auckland. We decided a detour to Helensville was definitely on the ... http://www.penneylaneonline.com/2008/11/19/a-well-worn-track/ Gathering for our last meal together in the whare kai, nothing managed to savage my tastebuds more than the errant tendrils of the cooked hangi smells now wafting from the kitchen into the small dining room. It had been 17 years since I last ate hangi on home soil and ... http://www.penneylaneonline.com/2008/11/18/good-food-guides/ Listening to the tributes about my great grandmother Moewaka Jane Rapana (or Nama as she was affectionately called) it wasn't hard to imagine her walking between us all standing there. It seemed fitting that she would rest on the high hill overlooking her beloved Haranui Marae, able to watch in ... http://www.penneylaneonline.com/2008/11/17/high-on-a-hill/ It was an ambivalent day, the day of my great grandmother Moewaka Jane Rapana's unveiling, ambivalent how? Well, neither the day nor the weather could agree who was going to have first say about how events would pan out and eventually we left them to argue between themselves like siblings ... http://www.penneylaneonline.com/2008/11/16/hura-kohatu-the-unveiling/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetFeedData?uri=Penneylaneonline