My mother’s mother’s mothers
How the women who came before me have shaped my life at The Outpost today. The story of my matrilineal line.
A diary of my week
Ever wonder what I do in a week? Well, here’s one week in my life.
Chickens love coprosma
An accidental observation leads me down a rabbithole.
The Smith sister’s boarding houses
Part four of my hunt for details of the lives of my great-great aunts, the Smith sisters.
The three wives of John William Lewis
In attempting to work out where he came from, I uncovered the life story of my great great grandfather, John William Lewis.
Serendipity
I know we all joke we’re two-degrees of separation from anyone else in New Zealand. But Richard and I have closer links to the land we live on than we could have imagined.
The death of Sarah Elizabeth Smith
After locating the graves of my spinster great-great grand aunts, I ordered the first death record to see what I can learn about their lives.
The spinster Smiths
Lately I’ve been working on my family history. This week I found my long-lost spinster aunts buried in Karori.
About Kat
Kat is a gardener and purrveyor of Kat's Nip. Most Sundays she writes about her life on her lifestyle block in Te Hiku (Far North), New Zealand.
