This week’s small pleasures #182

Gosh what a week it has been…personally and globally. It is hard to know where to start. So, I will … More

This week’s small pleasures #164

Today’s small pleasures comes to you from Hawke’s Bay, where I am on a work trip. The sun has been … More

June: watching, listening, reading

It’s been ages since I have done one of these posts, summarising what I have watched, listened to and read … More

A couple of small victories

Regular readers may recall a post from a couple of weeks back, Stories of Pretend Meals, in which I mentioned … More

Stories of pretend meals

The book sits there, tantalising me to open it and sample its offerings.  Promises of elegant and exquisite tastes, of … More