This week’s small pleasures #249

So at 4pm the Prime Minister announced that all of New Zealand, except for Auckland, will go down to Level … More

A seat at the table: The Pandemic Pack Collaborative Cookbook Part 1

I’m a day late for the the What’s On My Plate Challenge hosted by TheWidowBadass and Retirement Reflections. No excuse really, other than … More

Another day in lockdown, with 562 cases now. We’ll be dropping down to Level 3 here on Wednesday, but Auckland … More

Wednesday is my non-working day of the week, and I normally go out for lunch, pick up bits of shopping, … More

What a week! Lockdown at Level 4 started at as the clock ticked over into Wednesday, and suddenly we went … More

So here we are again, at lockdown level 4 for the whole of New Zealand for three days, Auckland and … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be celebrating the fact that we are now at … More

After a very wet start to the week, sunshine returned, with bright, blue autumn skies returning to cheer up our … More

I think I have had enough of lockdown. On Saturday afternoon, I decided that the new routine of baking, Pilates … More

It is a grey and wet Monday today. It is also a public holiday, for with Anzac Day falling on … More