This week’s small pleasures #377

What weather we had today! Heavy rain, wind and even thunder at one point this morning. Today’s autumnal blasts have … More

In the kitchen: the no pasta edition

Regular readers may be imagine that we only eat pasta in this house, or at least eat it a lot … More

It was a week that saw Karl in Auckland for a couple of days for a conference, me listening to … More

So here we are in February already, and summer continues with blue skies and sunshine – well, not all the … More

I’m sure like me you are thinking how did we get to the end of January so quickly…just where has … More

As regular readers may know, I don’t work on Wednesdays, which gives me time to either do a lot or … More

Today, Monday, is the Wellington Anniversary holiday, so after two days back at work for me, a long weekend was … More

Early on Tuesday morning (6am in fact…) we flew up to Auckland and then on to Noumea, the capital of … More

So the first week of the new year has gone past, and with us both being on holiday, the days … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea… we would talk about the year past and the year … More