This week’s small pleasures #411

Today is Labour Day in New Zealand and a public holiday. It was a hard week, work wise (just think … More

This week’s small pleasures #410

It is Monday evening here, the first day of the working week over. I have to work again this coming … More

It was another sunny day today, and with a few new herbs and a few old ones around, I thought … More

Ni sa bula vinaka kece sara! Yes, time to celebrate Fijian language week, a country we visited back in 2017. … More

The sun has been shining all day, the sky was bright blue and the birds were all singing loudly – … More

As I type this intro to the post, the sun is shining, the birds are loudly singing and the first … More

Kia ora koutou! It was one of those weeks where it was harder to find a few small pleasures than … More

Spring is here – you can tell – not just because of the noise of tūī enjoying the kōwhai and … More

The end of August means that spring is almost upon us. There are certainly signs of the season all over … More

The past week has seen good food, conversations and some very mixed weather. Today, for example, it was grey, then … More