The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one

On Saturday morning, with a little time so spend before Pilates, I wandered into Commonsense Organics on Wakefield Street. I … More

This week’s small pleasures: episode 20

So here we are again with a short list of this week’s small pleasures. There were quite a few things … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea we would naturally talk about the weather, about the cold, … More

Red, orange and yellow, colours maybe more associated with autumn, seem to be the colours this winter (July is winter … More

This week’s small pleasures comes to you on a Sunday, as tomorrow evening I’m off to see the documentary film … More

There is something special about Saturday mornings. Whether it is the knowledge that it is the start of two days … More

These cold and wet autumn evenings draw me to the sofa with cook books and magazines, drooling over hotpots, stews … More

It’s Monday evening, and time to reflect on small pleasures from the week before. It was a relatively quiet week, … More

A day later than usual – it is Tuesday evening here in New Zealand as I type – but here … More

This morning as I was dozing, not wanting to get up before the alarm went off, I listened to a … More