Cocktails, creativity and free cake

As Sunday draws slowly to a close, with dinner preparations ahead, followed by curling up on the sofa, it’s time … More

A film, some food and a typical Saturday

As you might guess from my response to what I look forward to in the weekly Cee’s Challenge post, the … More

Another 6 things post, a very random collection of things that happened last week and over the weekend. 1) A … More

Kia ora koutou! It’s been Māori language week in Aotearoa New Zealand, giving everyone a chance to pick up a … More

As I mentioned in my last post, this weekend was the 150th anniversary (or birthday) of Wellington becoming the capital … More

It’s been one of those slow weeks, with nothing much to report. I was off work, sick, on Monday, and … More

And so to Cee’s Challenge for this week. It was a lovely sunny winter day, with temperatures back up to … More

This week I read a really lovely piece in The New Yorker on food in literature, about the joy of … More

I’m sitting here drinking some green tea with lemon and ginger and watching (and listening) to heavy rain falling. It … More

I woke up this morning, Saturday, and couldn’t think what to write in this weekend’s post. What had happened this … More