An apple is sometimes an excellent thing

I’ll be honest and say I have a love/hate relationship with apples. On one hand, nothing beats the crunch of … More

This week’s small pleasures #187

Another week in lockdown. New Zealand has a 4-level COVID-19 alert system, with each alert level telling the public what … More

I used to write a monthly round-up of things I had read, watched and listened to, but I found I … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…or most likely a glass of wine…we would be sitting outside … More

Here we are already into the middle of February – hard to believe. It is Monday and therefore time for … More

“You read and read the material and after you’ve read the twentieth article you can’t make any sense out of … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting outside enjoying the summer weather. We would … More

A week that began in 2019 and ended in 2020. A week that saw a road trip. A week where … More

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

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