This week’s small pleasures 504

Each week I sit down to review the good things that have happened. Sometimes they are really little things like … More

This week’s small pleasures 503

We woke up on Sunday morning to a thick, crisp white layer of frost covering plants, houses and cars. Where … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would talk about the month past, about the fabulous meal … More

This week was definitely one that improved as it went along, from feeling pretty grotty at the start, to making … More

Today in New Zealand we are celebrating Matariki, the Māori New Year. A movable feast, it marks the appearance of … More

So we are now in week 28, well over the half way mark of the year. This Friday, 10 July, … More

If we were having coffeee…or even a cup of tea…we would, naturally, talk about the weather. About the storm on … More

One thing that has not been a small pleasure this week has been the weather. On Friday, it rained, there … More

I’m not sure where this week has gone…what seemed like piles of laundry got done, but I have not finished … More

When I saw the theme of August’s Cook Book Club – the country where you live – I got out … More