It is my pleasure to announce the successful completion of an ambitious, multi-year project redeveloping our Homewood Heritage stove, enhancing all units we build from now (2025) into the future. It may look awfully like the same reliable Heritage that people have been loving for over two decades (and that’s because it is still the same quality stove, design uncompromised during the upgrade!) – in this article we’ll look at what has been refined. (Original on left, updated on right: if viewing on your phone, this article is best read turned sideways!) So yes, despite looking very similar (again: by design!), this picture represents thousands of hours of work. Every…

During yet-another-recent-lockdown here in New Zealand, I put together this video explaining where my passion for board gaming comes from, and specifically why I believe them to be a wonderful tool for families that are looking for ways to break free from screen addictions, or escape those negative cycles that revolve too much around time spent separately interacting with technology . . .

I wrote a narration to a YouTube video recently, that explored why it is that I think an old-fashioned, cast-iron cooking stove can have such a positive impact on shaping family life and culture, and why so many people end up having such a strong connection to their Homewood. I have reproduced the text here, below the video, for anyone that would like to read it in essay form