At 4pm today, the Prime Minister announced a staggered move to alert level 2. Retail, restaurants, cinema (and best of … More
Tag: eating
An apple is sometimes an excellent thing
I’ll be honest and say I have a love/hate relationship with apples. On one hand, nothing beats the crunch of … More
This week's small pleasures #183
Where to begin this week’s small pleasures, when today our Prime Minister announced that New Zealand would go into a … More
Book of the month: Save me the plums
Do you ever start to read a book and not want it to end? A book so delightful or well-written … 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 #165
This past week saw me travel to Hawke’s Bay, eat some good food, enjoy some sunshine and spend a lot … More
This week’s small pleasures #164
Today’s small pleasures comes to you from Hawke’s Bay, where I am on a work trip. The sun has been … More
This week’s small pleasures #161
It’s Monday, it’s time for this week’s small pleasures. It was a busy week, which saw me up in Hawke’s … More
Thursday thoughts
It’s the busiest time of year for me at work, and so it is important for me to think of … More
Whatever Wednesday
At a loss as to what to write here today, I had a look at other ‘post themes’ around and … More