As regular readers know, my morning walk to work is one of my daily small pleasures. Each day is different,…
6 things to do in autumn
The nights are drawing in as we are now in May and the middle of autumn. Some of the leaves…
This week’s small pleasures #91
So here we are again, Monday evening in New Zealand, and time to reflect on this week’s small pleasures.
Spaces and places: Lower Tory Street, Wellington
Here we are with the first of an occasional series on urban spaces and places, starting with lower Tory Street…
Some of the finest fruit
One of the joys of being home, is being back in the kitchen, even if it is just making poached eggs on toast for breakfast
Anzac Day
25th April is Anzac Day in New Zealand and Australia. This is the day on which these two nations remember…
This week’s small pleasures #90
Well, who could believe it? Part 90 of this week’s small pleasures….and here they are. Hope you have had a…
Ideas of civilisation…or our travels to Europe part 3
And so we moved on to the last two stops on our European trip – Glasgow and Edinburgh. I’m from…
Copenhagen…or our travels to Europe part 2
From Stockholm, we moved south to Copenhagen, a city I lived in for eight and a half years. It is…
Islands surrounded by water…or our travels to Europe part 1
As I mentioned in my last post, we are just back from our trip to Europe. I thought I would…