Bibliophilia

The owners of our current housesit are mad keen on water features (and rocks, which they brought in every last one of from her brother's...

I was visiting a family this weekend where, Rory, about 8 years old, turned out to have an even more extensive collection of possum bones th...

Last night I dreamed about a tiny Yorkshire Terrier puppy flying around the world to come and be with me. When I woke up I realised that it...

I did a lot of hitch hiking around New Zealand in my late teens. It was easiest to get picked up when I was alone, but felt safer when I w...

Every time I walk up Waiotu Block Road there are more signs that spring is on the way. The monochrome of lurid green pasture is now contras...

If it's a common stereotype that JAFA s lump together and ignore the majority of New Zealand south of the Bombay Hills, then it is just...

'A poem is a picture you hear. A photograph is a poem you see.' Check out this lovely website, and maybe you won't mind so much ...

I am currently house-sitting and cat pampering over in Maungatapere which is on the way to Dargeville. So far it's not nearly as bad as...

Only Ash and Kate made the effort to Dress Up for Madonna Day, but don't they look Fabulous! We listened to Madonna tunes all day boogy...

Tomorrow will be my last day working at Cafe Narnia. It also happens to be a Friday which of course means it's Dress-Up Day and this wee...

As I may have mentioned once or twice I am slightly obsessed with magnolia trees in bloom. Whangarei is a particularly fine town for magnol...

Ngawha is probably better known as the controversial site of a recently built prison, I mean, Correctional Facility. The area is also a th...

While wandering around Ruapekapeka, a beautifully maintained and interpreted pa site not far from our current housesit, a cow in the neighbo...

The first hour is always the worst after a new haircut. I think it's the lingering trauma of being forced to stare for 30 minutes into ...

While I was on Tiritiri Matangi I spent some time picking up rubbish on the beach. The island is only 4 kms from Auckland's Whangaparoa ...