Convenience, for good or bad

This morning as I was dozing, not wanting to get up before the alarm went off, I listened to a … More

An Egg, a fish and a brief trip to Hawke’s Bay

After a couple of work trips to Hamilton (and another one next week…) it was nice to take a trip … More

If we were having a coffee, or even a cup of tea, on this Sunday afternoon we would be discussing … More

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

…we would be sitting outside on the terrace again, and I’d be sipping green tea with jasmine. I would tell … More

It is so nice to come home from work, sit outside, put my feet up and catch up on things … More

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

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

Yesterday, Friday, was our 11th wedding anniversary. It also means it is 11 years since I left Scotland and 2 … More

‘After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations’, wrote Oscar Wilde in ‘A Woman of no … More