CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

1LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY

2ALLEGIANCE TO NATURE

3SETTLING DOWN

4COSMIC SHACK

5BACK TO THE LAND COMMUNITY

6ISLAND SCHOOLING

7DOMESTIC ANIMALS

8WILD ANIMALS

9FIORDLAND BOAT

10MYSTERY MOUNTAIN

11DEEP WILDERNESS

12CANCER

13AORTA ATTACK

14OUTER ISLANDS COMMUNITY

15OFF-GRID HOMESTEAD

16ORGANIC HOUSE

17HEAVY WEATHER

18FLIGHT OF THE IMAGINATION

19LEGEND OF KAYAK BILL

20WHIRLPOOLS IN THE TIDE