This week’s small pleasures #58

It’s been really hard to think of some small pleasures this week.  It hasn’t been a good week what with … More

The other Fiji: Nadi

Like most tourists to Fiji, we are staying in a hotel complex, next to other hotels, and close to a … More

This week’s shopping basket #1

What was in your shopping basket this week?

Autumn days

Here in the Southern Hemisphere, autumn is evident.  The days are shorter, the mornings darker, and there is a definite … More

This week’s small pleasures #47

It was an odd week…I was still sick at the start of the week, Tuesday was Anzac Day and a … More

The one in which I ate beetroot…..

Anyone who knows me, is cogniscant of the fact that I hate beetroot.  I love all root vegetables (well, not … More

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

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

The red, the orange and the yellow

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