Day 120 (Wednesday Dec 19) Arriving in Sydney, I first went to my Airbnb in Elizabeth Bay. Situated within walking distance of downtown, the opera house, and Oxford Street (the LGBT area of town), it was a perfect homebase for me as I prepared for grad school applications and ended 2018. My Airbnb wasn’t perfect,…
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Day 85 (Tuesday Nov 13) – My Couchsurf with Claire & Liam had come to an end, so I moved into my next housing adventure (my fourth for Christchurch). It was another Airbnb, hosted by Michael, a savvy 19 year old who already owned a home. The room accommodations were fairly nice, although he lived…
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Day 72 (Wednesday Oct 31) – Before I left Queenstown, I recorded a final good-bye. I was on the road by 2pm and took my first break around 3:30pm in the town of Cromwell. They are known for the fruit that grows in the area… As I got closer to Mt Cook village, the road…
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Day 62 (Sunday Oct 21) – Since I was back in Dunedin, I decided to go to Arise church one more time. If you recall, I had gone the last week I was in Dunedin, and I had wanted to talk to the pastor about homosexuality. But, he was too busy after the service, so…
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Day 42 (Monday Oct 1) – The first day of October saw me pack up all my belongings into Tuatoru and leave Mosgiel, NZ, heading northwest to Queenstown, NZ. One of the best surprises with Tuatoru is that my portable Bluetooth speaker fit perfectly below the radio. There were no aux-in ports on the radio,…
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My time in GigCity came to an end with the transition from September to October. Looking over my camera roll from the last week, there are as many images of book pages as there are of actual sites and people. This is because I spent the week reading, reflecting, and planning for what’s to come….
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One thing I forgot to post about occurred on day 28 (Sunday). I reached out to a gay Christian singer/songwriter/entertainer named Davis Mallory. I was leafing through an Out magazine that I found at Patrick’s place (my second Couchsurfing host in Dunedin) when I found an article on Davis. The article said he had grown…
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Even before I became Trinity Dreamer in the summer of 2018 (well, the US summer…it was winter in New Zealand), I had always had 3 pieces of jewelry. My original trinity of jewelry was given to me by me ex-partner, Tracy. Early on in our relationship, he had given me a fossil leather bracelet and…
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The featured image is my best Apple Watch achievement to date – it shows that I completed each activity ring (calorie burn, exercise, and standing) for every day in a week, which occurred at the end of this week. Day 22 (Monday Sep 10) – After a full weekend, I decided to spend Monday at…
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