Words on Wednesday: making chutney

At this time of year in New Zealand, lockdown or not, the country goes mad for feijoas. The first time … More

Words on Wednesday: working at home

Like so many of us around the globe, I am working for home at the moment.

As I have already mentioned in other posts this week, New Zealand is in a lockdown period for 4 weeks. … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…well, we wouldn’t be in the same room. We would be … More

Well, we in New Zealand are getting ready for a lockdown, which will come into force from midnight tonight. The … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting far apart. We would laugh and say … More

It has been a long week…I was at home, getting over the news of my brother’s death last weekend and … More

The New Zealand Festival of the Arts is on at the moment here in Wellington. A biannual event, it is … More

This week’s small pleasures post’s subtitle is ‘Nelson weekend part 2’, for while there were other small pleasures during the … More

An almost Wordless Wednesday post..covering our brief stay up in The Coromandel this week. From Wellington, it took us 9 … More