What a week! We have had storms and we have had sunshine (sometimes both in one day). I received notification … More
Tag: cinema
This week’s small pleasures #197
On Sunday morning, during that awake but not wanting to get out of bed because it is the weekend moment, I listened to an episode of the podcast, The Happiness Lab.
This week’s small pleasures #195
It is a grey and wet Monday and I went back to work at the office today, so it is … More
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
