This week’s small pleasures #445

Mānawa maiea te putanga o Matariki.Mānawa maiea te ariki o te rangi.Mānawa maiea te Mātahi o te tau. Celebrate the … 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 be sitting sipping some green tea in the glorious … More

When I saw that chef Peter Gordon was going to be cooking a special menu at one of our favourite … More

We enjoy eating out, and it is good to go back to a place you have enjoyed before but haven’t … More

My ‘normal’ Wednesdays have followed a similar pattern for quite a while. It is my non-working day of the working … More

With the clocks going back this weekend, autumnal days are well and truly here. It hasn’t turned cold yet, but … More

What a week….being put in a moon boot, a 4.3 earthquake on Saturday morning that was noisy and shaky, and, … More

Here we are in the middle of February already. Melodifestivalen is on in Sweden (just catching up on Saturday’s heat … More

The first and second of January are public holidays here in New Zealand. Lots of places are closed, things are … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would wish each other season’s greetings, talk about how we … More