Cook Book Club: November

I think I may have mentioned before, but my older brother Sandy (who is 18 years older than me) was … More

Cook Book Club: March

Autumn is here in the Southern Hemisphere, although to be honest, we have had better weather recently than we did … More

What’s on your plate: December

With summer produce coming into the shop, the food we are eating is shifting to tomatoes, capsicum, asparagus and crisp … More

What’s on your bookshelf: April

So it is time again for a review of the month’s reading, a post to contribute to the what’s on your … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would naturally be enjoying a cup of Earl Grey tea … More

Books of the year 2020

At my work book club this week, we are to bring along our favourite book of the year. Not an … More

This week’s small pleasures #217

Gosh…week 47 of the year (according to my diary), and only 45 days until the end of the year (again, according to my diary).

This week’s small pleasures #207

In all honesty, I struggled a bit this week to find some small pleasures. It was just one of those weeks – bad weather, the cancellation of a foodie event and the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Venus Rising programme due to Level 2 restrictions, and feeling a bit under the weather. But as usual, there were things to bring a smile and to remind us of the good things that are around us.