This week’s small pleasures #303

The biggest small pleasure this week was the return of Charlie on Sunday morning. A neighbour returning from holiday, found … More

This week’s small pleasures #254

It is Monday evening and time, as usual, to consider the small pleasures of the week. There were welcome opportunities … More

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

Well…cases of ‘you know what’ in the Waikato has put Hamilton and surrounding area into a Level 3 lockdown. Meanwhile, … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would talk about spring, about the changeable weather, about … More

So here we are at the end of week 1 of Blogmas and Christmas only a couple of weeks away. … More

The daily walk just now is punctuated by early sunlight shining through the leaves of the trees, of the sounds of birds, and by new sights each day.

Today, Monday is a public holiday here in New Zealand, the Labour Day holiday. There is a long gap between … More