This week’s small pleasures #240

This week began cold and wet, and ended sunny and bright – still chilly, but the sort of weather a … More

This week’s small pleasures #239

In a week that saw Wellington go back up to Covid Alert Level 2 (extended on Sunday for another 48 hours), closure of the Trans Tasman bubble for a few days, and lots of rain, it has been even more important to think about the small pleasures in life.

This week’s small pleasures #238

This week’s small pleasures should be subtitled ‘the Auckland edition’ because the focus this week is our weekend trip to Auckland.

Words on Wednesday: the comfort of soup

orthern hemisphere is thinking of salads and strawberries, those of us who live down under are thinking of soups and stews. As we approach the shortest day, and several more weeks until I can walk to work in morning light, our minds turn to those comfort foods that also bring smiles to our faces.

This week’s small pleasures #236

Today (Monday 7 June) is a public holiday in New Zealand.

Words on Wednesday: Cuba Street stroll

t was a lovely sunny day today, one of those lovely autumn days with bright blue skies. Wednesday is my ‘day off’ now I have moved to a four day week, and today plan was to go to town for a bit of a browse and lunch.

Words on Wednesday: a day well spent

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have just moved to a trial four day working week. Wednesdays are going to be my ‘day off’, and I need to really think how to use the time.