The Ohakune Easter Hunt By Steven Lewis
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Through a life formed informed and forever reformed by seven children and now sixteen grandchildren Steve Lewis writes affectionately and passionately about our shared experiences on this earth From Zen and the Art of Fatherhood to Fear and Loathing of Boca Raton he has taken us on a narrative tour of every sunny nook and darkened cranny in the family home and is now wandering through the yard beyond the tree line deep in the woods Steve is a former Mentor at Empire State College a current member of the Writing Institute faculty at Sarah Lawrence College a Contributing Writer at TalkingWriting. The Ohakune Easter huntmaster saber com and El Jefe of the annual Hatteras Island Writers Retreats at Duckdog Cottage Ro Through a life formed informed and forever reformed by seven children and now sixteen grandchildren Steve Lewis writes affectionately and passionately about our shared experiences on this earth From Zen and the Art of Fatherhood to Fear and Loathing of Boca Raton he has taken us on a narrative tour of every sunny nook and darkened cranny in the family home and is now wandering through the yard beyond the tree line deep in the woods Steve is a former Mentor at Empire State College a current member of the Writing Institute faculty at Sarah Lawrence College a Contributing Writer at TalkingWriting. The Ohakune Easter huntpal com and El Jefe of the annual Hatteras Island Writers Retreats at Duckdog Cottage Rodanthe North Carolina site_link When the streets of a town start filling with armed men emerging from the surrounding forest what journalist wouldn t duck into the newsagent to buy a pad and paper In 2001 Steven Lewis a freelance journalist found himself in the small New Zealand town of Ohakune the base of a popular ski field on the side of an active volcano that spews rivers of mud with disconcerting frequency His visit coincided with the weigh in of the annual Easter hunt Despite being a vegetarian and sometime animal rights activist he found himself drawn to New Zealand s pig hunting subculture In the course of a memorable day he learned about bailing pigs the sport of pig carrying and for the little ones the game of possum throwing. The Ohakune Easter Hunt book This short account is the length of a newspaper feature and it takes you into a world that is probably very different from your own The Ohakune Easter HuntHaving been a regular at Ohakune in the ski season for many years when I saw this book pop up as a free read on I thought I d give it a go Similar to reading a Bill Bryson excerpt this is a short magazine article length armchair travel about an annual Easter event at Ohakune that entails amongst other things Piggy back races with real pigs on your back and Possum throwing An ok read The Ohakune Easter Hunt 
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