It is a grey and wet Monday and I went back to work at the office today, so it is … More
Tag: cinema
This week’s small pleasures #194
At 3pm this afternoon, the Prime Minister announced that New Zealand is moving to Level 1 from midnight tonight. There … More
This week’s small pleasures #179
Here we are already into the middle of February – hard to believe. It is Monday and therefore time for … More
This week’s small pleasures #176
It is hard to believe that we are almost at the end of January already. Who knows what the rest … More
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 three days of Christmas…
I’m sitting here on Boxing Day evening, having returned from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, enjoyed some leftovers for … More
This week’s small pleasures #170
Some weeks are full of small pleasures, others are quite the opposite. What with the news stories around the Whakaari/White … More
This week’s small pleasures #169
What a week….politics in various guises, the Australian fires, Samoa virtually closing down due to the measles epidemic, and rain, … More
This week’s small pleasures #149
What a week! Travel, having an awful cough and a bit of a cold, going to films on the New Zealand International Film Festival and having our first tastes of Wellington on a Plate…yes, our diaries have been rather full, so all the more important to stop and remember the highlights.
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…you would say you popped round to cheer me up as I have a cold.
Thistles and Kiwis 