This week’s small pleasures #349

Can someone tell me why we have so much stuff? How can I take 4 bags of books to a … More

This week’s small pleasures #348

Well, we have begun clearing clutter in earnest and there seems to be never ending stream of things we are … More

In a week where there was a shooting in Auckland (a lone gunman shot and killed two fellow workers on … More

It really feels like we are edging towards winter. It is darker in the morning as I head off to … More

I make no apologies for the amount of food in this week’s post. Wellington on a Plate, our local food … More

What gorgeous weather we have had these past few days – it almost feels like summer has returned. Now that … More

The clocks have gone back, autumn is here, and as they say in the country I grew up in, the … More

It really feels like that transition period between summer and autumn. The mornings are darker, the Japanese anemones are in … More

Some weeks pass with very little happening, while others are full of things that before you know it, you realise … More

What with one thing and another, the week was one of highs and lows: hearing from friends I hadn’t heard … More