https://jbreynolds.net/rustic-renovations-a-humorous-reflection-on-the-diy-conversion-of-an-old-corrugated-iron-shed-into-a-multipurpose-office-studio-space/ 2024-04-20T23:45:37+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shed-2.jpg https://www.youtube.com/embed/a0h4IUtnAyo\u0026t=76s https://img.youtube.com/vi/a0h4IUtnAyo\u0026t=76s/hqdefault.jpg Rustic Renovations: A Reflection on the DIY conversion of an old shed into a multipurpose office/studio space In my latest DIY project, I take an iconographic 'Kiwi Garden Shed' and give it a makeover, turning it into something more user-friendly. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a0h4IUtnAyo https://img.youtube.com/vi/a0h4IUtnAyo/hqdefault.jpg Rustic Renovations: A Reflection on the DIY conversion of an old shed into a multipurpose office/studio space In my latest DIY project, I take an iconographic 'Kiwi Garden Shed' and give it a makeover, turning it into something more user-friendly. https://jbreynolds.net/surviving-cyclone-gabrielle/ 2023-03-31T17:54:58+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/road.jpg Flooding in Cyclone Gabrielle https://jbreynolds.net/making-my-protagonist-more-likeable-part-1/ 2023-02-12T02:02:51+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Ginger-Tabby-Cat.jpg Making My Protagonist More Likeable https://jbreynolds.net/making-my-protagonist-more-likeable-part-2/ 2023-02-12T02:06:38+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Woman-with-Ginger-Cat.jpg Making My Protagonist More Likeable https://jbreynolds.net/return-of-the-long-lost-loved-ones/ 2023-01-10T17:32:17+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ride-that-Dragon.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/christmas-tunes-for-the-naughty-and-nice/ 2022-12-22T18:01:57+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Elf.jpg Elf on the Shelf https://jbreynolds.net/book-review-the-devil-took-her-by-michael-botur/ 2023-03-31T19:18:31+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Woman-on-ceiling.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/forever-dreams-by-leeanna-morgan/ 2023-03-31T18:14:43+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Montana-Horses.jpg Montana Horses https://jbreynolds.net/friends-with-partial-benefits-by-luke-young/ 2022-10-30T17:13:32+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Girl-Playing-Tennis.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/what-were-you-doing-when-you-heard-the-queen-had-died/ 2022-10-01T00:00:06+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Queen.jpg What Were You Doing When You Heard the Queen Had Died https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uj-AM0JhJfY https://img.youtube.com/vi/Uj-AM0JhJfY/hqdefault.jpg What Were You Doing When You Heard the Queen had Died? A reflection on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. what were you doing when you heard the queen had died https://jbreynolds.net/using-the-hemingway-app/ 2022-09-30T22:53:08+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hemingway.jpg Using the Hemingway App https://jbreynolds.net/chemical-cowboys-by-lisa-sweetingham/ 2022-09-30T19:58:11+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/glow-2345214_640.jpg A man with two glow sticks https://jbreynolds.net/the-protector-by-elin-peer/ 2023-03-31T18:03:57+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bearded-man.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/sleeping-on-the-job/ 2022-09-01T17:37:34+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Rock.jpg Sleeping on the Job https://jbreynolds.net/lets-go-so-we-can-get-back-by-jeff-tweedy/ 2022-10-30T17:14:33+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jeff-Tweedy.jpg Jeff Tweedy https://jbreynolds.net/auto-narrated-audiobooks/ 2023-03-30T17:50:58+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Headphones.jpg auto-narrated-audiobooks https://jbreynolds.net/why-i-love-diy/ 2023-03-31T19:21:06+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/why-I-Love-DIY.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/surviving-in-the-age-of-zoom/ 2022-08-14T18:54:01+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Pyjamas.jpg girl in pyjamas https://jbreynolds.net/staking-a-claim-chapter-one/ 2023-02-12T02:08:49+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bungy.jpg Staking a Claim, by J.B. Reynolds https://jbreynolds.net/chickens-chickens-and-more-chickens/ 2022-09-01T17:30:17+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/chickens.jpg Chickens, Chickens, and more Chickens https://jbreynolds.net/the-cost-of-a-new-hyundai/ 2022-08-21T18:05:01+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Santa-Fe.jpg The Cost of a New Hyundai https://jbreynolds.net/you-only-live-once/ 2022-08-14T18:55:36+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/skateboard.jpg You Only Live Once https://jbreynolds.net/kickin-it-old-school/ 2022-08-14T18:58:58+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/old-school.jpg Kickin' it Old School https://jbreynolds.net/a-place-to-store-our-growing-children/ 2022-08-22T17:51:17+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Children-feet.jpg Child Growth https://jbreynolds.net/where-im-from/ 2022-07-14T19:06:35+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Poetry-Notebook.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/a-journey-begins-with-ten-thousand-steps/ 2022-08-22T17:49:28+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Walking-railway-track.jpg A journey begins with ten-thousand steps https://jbreynolds.net/as-easy-as-falling-off-a-log/ 2022-08-22T17:52:38+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pink_cast.jpg As Easy as Falling off a Log https://jbreynolds.net/baz-luhrmanns-romeo-and-juliet/ 2023-03-30T18:05:28+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/romeo_juliet.jpg Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet https://www.youtube.com/embed/4VBsi0VxiLg https://img.youtube.com/vi/4VBsi0VxiLg/hqdefault.jpg Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet: A Reflection on the Frustrating Experience of Teaching Shakespeare to High School Students As in introduction to Shakespeare for the beginner, I highly rate Baz Luhrmann's 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet. Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet https://jbreynolds.net/winter-flooding-in-northland/ 2022-08-15T18:21:20+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Flood-1.jpg Winter Flooding in Northland July 2020 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ccysRHwxcg8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ccysRHwxcg8/hqdefault.jpg Winter Flooding in Northland: On the Great Flood of 2020 On July 17th 2020, Northland experienced a 'one-in-five-hundred-year' rainstorm. winter flooding in northland https://jbreynolds.net/fun-family-adventures/ 2022-09-01T17:26:44+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ohakune-Carrot-1.jpg Fun Family Adventures with Giant Carrot, Ohakune, NZ https://jbreynolds.net/woolly-socks/ 2022-08-15T18:23:47+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Warm-socks.jpg Woolly Socks https://jbreynolds.net/the-art-of-conversation/ 2022-08-22T17:54:48+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Petal-Chicken.jpg Chicken made from Camellia petals. https://jbreynolds.net/lockdown-activities-for-the-family/ 2022-08-21T18:09:44+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Easter-2020.jpg Lockdown Activities for the Family: Eating Chocolate https://www.youtube.com/embed/_HrIVWziJ0Y https://img.youtube.com/vi/_HrIVWziJ0Y/hqdefault.jpg Lockdown Activities for the Family: On Surviving COVID As I write this it is Sunday 12th April 2020, and here in NZ we are about to enter week three-and-a-bit of a nationwide lockdown. stuck in lockdown https://www.youtube.com/embed/CzO3aIe0Rps https://img.youtube.com/vi/CzO3aIe0Rps/hqdefault.jpg Lockdown Activities for the Family: On Surviving COVID As I write this it is Sunday 12th April 2020, and here in NZ we are about to enter week three-and-a-bit of a nationwide lockdown. stuck in lockdown https://jbreynolds.net/waiting-for-the-rain/ 2022-08-15T18:33:52+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tangihua.jpg Waiting for the Rain: Tangihua Range, Northland, NZ https://jbreynolds.net/tad-the-angel-of-death/ 2022-08-21T18:10:48+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TAD-f.jpg TAD — The Angel of Death, by M.D. Neu https://jbreynolds.net/the-fine-line-between-fun-and-fear/ 2022-08-29T18:35:59+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rainbows-End.jpg Rainbow's End, Auckland, NZ https://jbreynolds.net/the-elf-on-the-shelf-called-ralph/ 2022-08-29T18:53:05+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_1399.jpeg The Elf on the Shelf Called Ralph https://jbreynolds.net/small-towns-in-new-zealand/ 2022-08-29T18:52:25+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Giant-fruit-sculpture.jpg Small Towns in New Zealand: Giant Fruit Sculpture, Cromwell https://jbreynolds.net/a-holiday-from-the-holidays/ 2022-08-29T19:04:51+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/boy-with-paper-aeroplanes.jpg Boy with paper aeroplanes https://jbreynolds.net/overworked-and-underpaid/ 2022-08-24T18:45:21+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/teachers.jpg overworked and underpaid https://jbreynolds.net/are-organisms-just-algorithms/ 2022-10-01T17:59:23+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Home-Deus-195x300.jpg Are organisms just algorithms? https://jbreynolds.net/in-praise-of-jane-the-virgin/ 2020-06-11T18:40:52+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Chciken.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/taking-the-plunge-chapter-one/ 2022-08-15T18:07:56+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Snowboarding_1.jpg Taking the Plunge https://jbreynolds.net/taking-the-plunge-prologue/ 2022-08-15T18:05:46+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Bonfire-Woman_1.jpg Taking the Plunge, by J.B. Reynolds https://jbreynolds.net/how-to-write-a-love-story-2/ 2022-08-17T18:27:01+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/How-to-outlining.jpg how to write a love story https://jbreynolds.net/how-to-write-a-love-story-1/ 2022-08-16T18:15:43+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/How-to-goal-setting.jpg How to write a love story https://jbreynolds.net/escargatoire-of-snails/ 2022-08-17T18:23:44+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/carrotweed2.jpg Field of Carrotweed https://jbreynolds.net/md-neu/ 2022-08-31T17:36:56+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Marvin-Neu-300x300.jpg Marvin Neu https://jbreynolds.net/jocelynn-babcock/ 2022-08-31T17:40:11+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Jocelynn.jpg https://jbreynolds.net/what-friends-are-for-opening/ 2022-08-16T18:44:34+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Friends_Mid_2019-187x300.jpg What Friends Are For https://jbreynolds.net/cd-gallant-king/ 2022-08-17T19:00:59+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CD-Gallant-King.jpg C.D. Gallant-King https://www.youtube.com/embed/oP3c1h8v2ZQ https://img.youtube.com/vi/oP3c1h8v2ZQ/hqdefault.jpg An Interview with C.D. Gallant-King, Comic Fantasy Author An interview with the Canadian horror and comic fantasy author, C.D. Gallant-King. C.D. Gallant-King https://www.youtube.com/embed/1g3_CFmnU7k https://img.youtube.com/vi/1g3_CFmnU7k/hqdefault.jpg An Interview with C.D. Gallant-King, Comic Fantasy Author An interview with the Canadian horror and comic fantasy author, C.D. Gallant-King. C.D. Gallant-King https://www.youtube.com/embed/7mw6LyyoeGE https://img.youtube.com/vi/7mw6LyyoeGE/hqdefault.jpg An Interview with C.D. Gallant-King, Comic Fantasy Author An interview with the Canadian horror and comic fantasy author, C.D. Gallant-King. C.D. Gallant-King https://jbreynolds.net/francisco-cordoba/ 2022-08-31T17:52:41+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Francisco.jpg Francisco Cordoba https://www.youtube.com/embed/ahv_1IS7SiE https://img.youtube.com/vi/ahv_1IS7SiE/hqdefault.jpg An interview with Francisco Cordoba, Romance Author An interview with romance writer and obsessive equestrian, Francisco Cordoba. Francisco Cordoba https://jbreynolds.net/amir-lane/ 2022-09-01T17:35:48+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Amir-Lane.png Amir Lane https://www.youtube.com/embed/A2c9MsP3OVs https://img.youtube.com/vi/A2c9MsP3OVs/hqdefault.jpg An Interview with Amir Lane, Urban Fantasy Author An interview with supernatural and urban fantasy writer, Amir Lane. Amir Lane https://www.youtube.com/embed/TYcg6LWad4c https://img.youtube.com/vi/TYcg6LWad4c/hqdefault.jpg An Interview with Amir Lane, Urban Fantasy Author An interview with supernatural and urban fantasy writer, Amir Lane. Amir Lane https://jbreynolds.net/vince-rockston/ 2022-08-31T18:03:32+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Vince-Rockston.jpg Vince Rockston https://jbreynolds.net/indie-authors-world-tour/ 2022-09-01T18:30:05+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/diary-968603_640.jpg Interview https://jbreynolds.net/celebrating-small-achievements/ 2020-06-13T20:12:11+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/view_map_Dec_16_new.jpg Map of Website views https://www.youtube.com/embed/fMUp75J5f-c https://img.youtube.com/vi/fMUp75J5f-c/hqdefault.jpg Celebrating Small Achievements Since it's that time of year and all, and I'm in a suitably reflective mood, I thought I'd write a post looking back on my writing progress for the year that was 2016. https://jbreynolds.net/suicide-squad-2016-movie-review/ 2022-10-30T17:15:09+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/suicide-squad.jpg Suicide Squad (2016) Movie Review https://jbreynolds.net/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-by-bill-bryson/ 2023-01-10T16:46:07+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/History.jpg A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson https://jbreynolds.net/audiobooks-have-changed-my-life/ 2016-07-14T18:01:19+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/9255593487_fb6e995fba_z.jpg Audiobook on Iphone https://jbreynolds.net/2016-auckland-writers-festival/ 2016-07-13T20:00:34+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016_writers_fest.jpg 2016 Auckland Writers Festival https://jbreynolds.net/on-writing-by-stephen-king/ 2022-10-01T19:07:05+00:00 monthly 0.8 https://jbreynolds.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Stephen-King-working.png On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King