This week’s small pleasures #330

Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate! Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays here in New Zealand, … More

This week’s small pleasures #325

What with one thing and another, the week was one of highs and lows: hearing from friends I hadn’t heard … More

The days seem to be flying past. We are well into the second half of August, which means proper spring … More

We are at the end of July already – can you believe it? The mornings are getting brighter, the days … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be looking out at the rainy weather and agree … More

The best thing about this week? Getting out of isolation and slowly, slowly feeling better. Each day I feel a … More

If you saw Monday’s post, you would have seen that Sunday was my birthday. I really celebrated in style this … More

What a week….3 full days of Zoom meetings based from home, an attack of ‘abdominal migraine’ meaning pretty much a … More

Another week, another rise in Covid cases, but also a rise in those getting vaccinated, which at least is a … More

So at 4pm the Prime Minister announced that all of New Zealand, except for Auckland, will go down to Level … More