Bibliophilia

Here's the first draft of my edible book for April's International Edible Book Festival. It's (supposed to be) an open book of...

Moulting chickens taking a dust bath. Camera shy Barnevelda absent again. They have a good life, these chickens.

The house is full of the smell of quinces. I spent all morning making a big batch of Bimbriyo, or Membrillo, or quince paste. Until very r...

Inspired by my bedtime reading of How to be a bad birdwatcher by Simon Barnes, I borrowed a pair of binoculars to take on my walk to the es...

My grandma Ada Ruth handed down a Devil's Food Cake recipe which is one of my most valued family heirlooms. This cake is virtually fool...

My soul's journey has dragged me through a sticky black swamp this week. Among the many wonderful ways that I have been embraced back o...

Standing still in the shadows just inside the back door, I watch a fantail swoop back and forth across the rectangle of light which is flick...

This weekend saw a big harvest of walnuts, a small harvest of almonds and some early quinces. I can hardly wait for the macadamias and ches...

I schlepped around 11 exhibitions yesterday, the kind of marathon I have only tried in foreign cities before . Highlights from visual arts ...

I am enrolled in a 3-D art class which I am enjoying hugely, casting 3-D tissue papier mache into plaster moulds. I had been thinking abou...

I was looking for information about Heidi Kyle's Mongolian book structure, mentioned recently on the Book Arts List Serve . I Googled ...

Tonight is Census Night in New Zealand. Here are some excerpts and explanations from my completed form. Ethnicity: Other: Pakeha. I am pro...

I'm sorry to have been neglecting my blogging duties but the imperatives of harvest have been absorbing a lot of time since my homecomin...

Aaahhhh, what a relief to be spending my first day at home in ten. Too much time away from where ever I call 'my place' and I start...

This is Glenn Colquhoun , the highlight of my Hamilton Arts Festival experience. I've been enjoying his work in print for some years ...