This week’s small pleasures #336

It really feels like we are edging towards winter. It is darker in the morning as I head off to … More

This week’s small pleasures #334

It is Monday evening on a day that has been unseasonably warm. Who knows what is going on with the … More

It is hard to believe, but it is already 1st May. Autumn is here, the days are definitely getting shorter, … More

Despite having a cold this week, laying me low on Tuesday and Wednesday, there were still a lot of small … More

What gorgeous weather we have had these past few days – it almost feels like summer has returned. Now that … More

The clocks have gone back, autumn is here, and as they say in the country I grew up in, the … More

It’s Monday evening here in New Zealand. The days are definitely getting shorter, with darker mornings making it just a … More

It really feels like that transition period between summer and autumn. The mornings are darker, the Japanese anemones are in … More

Some weeks pass with very little happening, while others are full of things that before you know it, you realise … More

What with one thing and another, the week was one of highs and lows: hearing from friends I hadn’t heard … More