Six on Saturday 09.07.22

Eugh…I have succumbed to the dreaded spicy flu aka Covid. So we are now in isolation for 7 days, and … More

This week’s small pleasures #290

We are now in July, which happens to be my birthday month. When I was a child growing up in … More

July is here, the shortest day has come and gone, and today it finally felt like winter this morning. I … More

Yesterday in New Zealand, Matariki was celebrated for the first time as a national public holiday. Matariki signals the start of … More

This week seems to have flown past, and before we know it, July will be knocking on our doors offering … More

We are just home from the cinema (Maigret starring Gérard Depardieu), so I better get on and get this written … More

There has been only one topic of conversation this week – yes, you’ve guessed it, the weather. A spectacular thunder … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would naturally be enjoying a cup of Earl Grey tea … More

I think it may have been Dolly Parton who said if you want the rainbow, you have put up with … More

It is a horrible day out there…lashings of rain, thunder and even tornadoes up the Kapiti coast to the north … More