BY KATHRYN OVERALL I first met Jared Haschek in Sydney in 2001. I was 19 years old and had arrived from New Zealand all bright eyed and brave about six months earlier. Jared was not
I may have remained forever oblivious to the British singer/songwriter phenomenon known to the world as Passenger, were it not for the happy occasion of my friend’s engagement. Jenny and Vince met on an online
Silent Retreat | The Story Update: At the very last minute I had to pull 'Silent Retreat' off the digital release version of 'Not All the Leaves Are Falling' as iTunes, Amazon and Spotify etc. would
My Album Blessing Prayer When the time came for me to create my CD artwork for my 'Not All the Leaves Are Falling' album, I had one panel on which to say whatever felt important
As I send my first album, Not All the Leaves Are Falling out into the world I have a satisfied and relieved sense of letting go of this project that I have been carrying for
Creativity, Resistance and Soul-Care How creativity can lead you homeward. I recently listened to a podcast conversation between Krista Tippett and Elizabeth Gilbert about creative living which echoed some of the lessons I have learnt
I fell in love with Amanda Blake's poetic paintings three years ago. I lived in Maketu, New Zealand and she lived in Morgantown, West Virginia. It was Facebook, that juggernaut of serendipitous chance social encounters, that brought
During the endless energy of my 20’s I ran at life hard and fast, spending myself whole-heartedly in many directions at once. When I moved back to New Zealand from Sydney in 2009, burnt-out and broken-hearted,
On the surface of it, 'Sunset Road', the free single from my album, 'Not All the Leaves are Falling', is a description of the autumn landscape on my Tauranga city to Maketu farm commute as I
Written in the autumn of 2003 for my grandparent’s 50th wedding anniversary. My sisters and I sang this song at our grandparent's golden anniversary celebration and again at their diamond anniversary ten years later. Last November I recorded the final vocals two
