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

The process of preserving

What is on your ‘I want to do’ list? Not necessarily your bucket list, not the things you have to … More

On Sunday, as you may have seen from the last post, we popped over the hills to Martinborough. It just … More

It’s Monday, it’s time for this week’s small pleasures. It was a busy week, which saw me up in Hawke’s … More

On Sunday, we finally got to see the Katherine Mansfield House and Garden in Thorndon, Wellington. The author, Katherine Mansfield, … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea on this Friday we would decide to avoid all mention … More

It’s the busiest time of year for me at work, and so it is important for me to think of … More

Monday…a day of no plans. Being owed some time off, I decided to have a day to myself, not particularly … More

At a loss as to what to write here today, I had a look at other ‘post themes’ around and … More

Here we are again, Monday evening, and the time to look back on the small pleasures of the past week. … More