Thoughts on Thursday

I didn’t get my usual Wednesday post done yesterday. I was tired and not in a particularly good temper so … More

This week’s small pleasures #191

It is hard to know where to begin this week. The fact that there have been very few new cases … More

At 4pm today, the Prime Minister announced a staggered move to alert level 2. Retail, restaurants, cinema (and best of … 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

In New Zealand and Australia it is Anzac Day. But this year there were no dawn services: the first time … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…it would, of course, not be face to face. I would … More

Another week in lockdown. New Zealand has a 4-level COVID-19 alert system, with each alert level telling the public what … More

How is everyone doing out there? New Zealand is still in lockdown, and we are getting used to living in … More