An apple is sometimes an excellent thing

I’ll be honest and say I have a love/hate relationship with apples. On one hand, nothing beats the crunch of … More

This week’s small pleasures #188

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

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

I used to write a monthly round-up of things I had read, watched and listened to, but I found I … More

A weekend away is always a good thing I believe. You have to stop the normal rushing around and take … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…or most likely a glass of wine…we would be sitting outside … More

Do you ever start to read a book and not want it to end? A book so delightful or well-written … More

It is hard to believe that we are almost at the end of January already. Who knows what the rest … More

A week that began in 2019 and ended in 2020. A week that saw a road trip. A week where … More

The other week, a friend asked me to list my ten favourite books. The first five came to me easily, … More