Six on Saturday 28.12.19

Greetings from a sunny Wellington for this, the last SoS of 2019. Everything in the garden is growing, some things … More

Highlights of 2019 Part 1: books, films and podcasts

The other week, a friend asked me to list my ten favourite books. The first five came to me easily, … More

I’m sitting here on Boxing Day evening, having returned from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, enjoyed some leftovers for … More

Here we are again with a round up of this week’s small pleasures, the last one before Christmas. It is … More

Here we are with the last SoS post before Christmas. The sun is shining, and it feels like summer today, … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would decide from the outset to avoid politics. Instead, we … More

Some weeks are full of small pleasures, others are quite the opposite. What with the news stories around the Whakaari/White … More

Here we are – Saturday again. As the focus of this post is on what is happening in our gardens, … More

Wordless Wednesday this week takes you on part of my lunch time walk when working at home. A time to … More

What a week….politics in various guises, the Australian fires, Samoa virtually closing down due to the measles epidemic, and rain, … More