This week’s small pleasures #96

Today, Monday, is the Queen’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand. It is a bit grey and damp, but still, … More

A Saturday in Autumn

After a wet and wild night, the weather turned to autumn sunshine, much to Charlie’s delight, as he had been … More

As regular readers know, my morning walk to work is one of my daily small pleasures. Each day is different, … More

Taste testing beetroot, vegan mushroom slices, coconut yoghurt and vegan cheese.

Since I was on holiday in Canberra and Melbourne last week, I have a lot of small pleasures to share, … More

I woke up this Sunday and realised that I had the whole day ahead of me, with no plans. What … More

I’m writing this on Sunday evening while feeling a bit under the weather… that blocked head, itchy eye feeling when … More

I’m writing this post from a hotel room in Rotorua, where we gave come for a very mini break, as … More

This was the week that saw the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, another incident in … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea we would be drinking the pina colada green tea from … More