This week’s small pleasures #289

This past week has seen Matariki, Swedish Midsummer and some world events that don’t belong in a small pleasures post. … More

This week’s small pleasures #288

This week seems to have flown past, and before we know it, July will be knocking on our doors offering … More

What a week! Our hot water was restored on Wednesday as I mentioned in a previous post, and then on … More

There’s been a lot going on this week: our boiler collapsed so we have no hot water as I mentioned … More

Each day I write down three good things that have happened that day. It could be sunshine when sunshine was … More

It seems like yesterday we were ringing in the new year, but here we are at the end of March … More

It’s Monday evening here in Wellington. We are sitting enjoying the aroma of chicken cooking in the oven (Diana Henry’s … More

The protesters outside Parliament have now been there for two weeks and show no sign of moving. Their behaviour is … More

What a glorious summer we have been having! Lots of warm, sunny days that lift the spirits in these gloomy … More

Today saw our return to work after what has been a lovely long summer holiday, that included Christmas, New Year … More