Mavis

My blogs

Gender	Female
Occupation	Public Health Physician
Location	Dunedin, New Zealand
Introduction	I began blogging just after entering my second half-century. This is one of those random-personal-thoughts type blogs, rather than setting out to move and shake the world. I sometimes feel that eclectic is my middle name. So visitors here are likely to find reflections on: my ongoing faith formation in the reformed tradition (currently Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand); justice and poverty; knitting; family; food; exercise; and many other seemingly random connections. I live in Dunedin, New Zealand with my husband and have three adult children. I was born in New Zealand, lived in Sydney Australia for 8 years from 2007 and have now returned to my homeland where I engage in child health and wcellbeing research.
Interests	creativity, spirituality, environment, craft, family, reading, art, learning, food, liturgy
Favorite Movies	One hundred nails, Whale Rider, The Piano, Bicentennial Man, LOTR, Love actually, Mary, Harry Potter series, Miss Congeniality
Favorite Music	The Lads, Delirious?, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Rivertribe, Dunstan Rangers, Chris Mason-Battley, Alabaster Box, Adeaze, Jack Johnson, Switchfoot
Favorite Books	The Christmas Mystery, The Kite Runner, High and Dry, The Time-Traveller's Wife, Denniston Rose, Heart of Coal, Catching the Current, The Fifth Mountain, Secret Life of Bees, The Memory Keepers Daughter, Jodi Picoult

Your pajamas have duckies on them. Why did you switch from choo-choos?

I like living things with small carbon footprints