Bibliophilia

All is chaos... I am packing: endless decisions about what I will need most in the next 6 weeks and will fit in the tiny Toyota Corolla vs ...

All the birds are getting together. I'm seeing kingfisher couples, woodpigeon pairs, peacocks and peahens gathering for great group sho...

Right now at Auckland City Libraries you can see some of the best in handcrafted book arts in New Zealand. Internationally recognised book...

Today I drove north from Kapiti to the Tron , past thousands of lambs, many with freshly shorn mothers, swathes of daffodils and lavishly bl...

Miraculously, my quiet confidence that I could come up with a realistic and inspiring new and improved doctoral thesis proposal in under two...

I feel like I am neglecting Bibliophilia at the moment. If I am, its because so much of my life is in transition right now. Not in a bad way...

This is the view from my new studio in Paekakariki, looking out from the sun-drenched deck to Kapiti Island and the Tasman Sea. I'll be ...

After three weeks of balmy weather on Kapiti, I've been seduced into believing that the climate here rivals Northland's for comforti...

I know my last post was kind of complainy and I shouldn't do it twice in a row but I am so cross about the smear campaign against the Gr...

Right now I think the thing I miss most being away from Northland is the excellent yoga classes at the Yoga Space in Whangarei. The teacher...

Have I mentioned how much I love it when you post a comment on my blog? It is such a thrill to know that you are reading it and that I have...

I recently swopped this book for this cushion. The cushion is one of the amazing creations made by my friend Galit, a textile artist from I...

A few days after being weeded, fertilised and top soiled, the asparagus are pushing up in great numbers, despite a lack of rain. Here's...

As a rule, I consider myself more of a bush person than a beach person. However, I do like to sleep with the sound of waves shushing up on ...

I drove 786 kilometers over two days and on arriving at my destination found that what I wanted to do more than anything was pull weeds. I h...