The theme this month seemed easy: go to your bookshelf, pick out the cookbook you most recently purchased (or borrowed), … More
Month: July 2026
This week’s small pleasures 501
Well, what started out as a good week with an exhibition, sunshine and tickets for the ballet, ended with me … More
What’s on your bookshelf: July
The past month’s reading has been a real mix of highs and lows. It started well, and ended well, and … More
This week’s small pleasures 500
Gosh – the 500th small pleasures post! What started out as an occasional post has turned into my weekly Monday review of the week. Some weeks are just chock full of little things that make us smile, other weeks it can be harder to find things, but there are always some good things to note.
Matariki
Today in New Zealand we are celebrating Matariki, the Māori New Year. A movable feast, it marks the appearance of … More
This week’s small pleasures 499
So we are now in week 28, well over the half way mark of the year. This Friday, 10 July, … More
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffeee…or even a cup of tea…we would, naturally, talk about the weather. About the storm on … More
Thistles and Kiwis 