Watching, listening, reading: October

It’s Halloween today, a festival that originally marked the start of darker nights and the approach to winter and which … More

Cee’s Challenge: Week 42

A couple of days later than usual as I was up in Hamilton again and this is the first chance … More

Given that it is Saturday evening, it is more likely we’d be having a glass of wine rather than a … More

Spring is the time of plans and projects so they say (actually, I think it was Tolstoy?), and although part … More

So here we are at another Cee’s Challenge. The weather here is lovely and sunny and it really feels like … More

Sunday was a lovely, sunny, spring day, and with Karl up early to head over to Canberra, I had the … More

I just can’t seem to get rid of this cold. No amount of appropriate liquids, rest, acupuncture, inhalations or even … More

Gosh – week 36 already – and spring is here! Here are my answers to this week’s questions from Cee’s … More

We woke up on Good Friday to a lovely sunny, if windy day. I had planned to make today a … More

I’ve just started a new job, and am not sure quite how I am going to fit in things like … More