Deciding what to cook and eat on a daily basis can sometimes be a bit of a challenge as I…
This week’s small pleasures #390
Today is the King’s Birthday public holiday here in New Zealand. The sun came out in the afternoon, and lit…
What’s been on my calendar: May #WBOYC
Here we are at the last day of May, the last day of autumn and almost half way through the…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would talk about baking, about this fantastic seasonally appropriate apple…
This week’s small pleasures #389
Talofa lava! Yes – this week is Samoan Language Week here in New Zealand. Samoan is the third most spoken…
Words on Wednesday
The rain began yesterday, heavy rain lasting most of the night and early morning. And then at Pilates this morning,…
This week’s small pleasures #388
After a week of really not feeling good at all, I feel I am finally getting over what ever bug…
Six on Saturday 18.05.24
I’ve been missing from SoS for a month, due to not having anything much to report and the fact that…
What’s on your bookshelf: May
So it is time again for a review of the month’s reading, a post to contribute to the what’s on your…
In the kitchen: a little bit of nostalgia
The world is full of recipes – they spill out of shelves in bookshops, magazines devote pages to them, they…