Domestic Executive

  • The world needs more mystery, don’t you think?

    As words go, zeitgeist adds more mystery to its meaning. It packs a futuristic spin on a moment in time. Knowing the zeitgeist works wonders as a sociological ah-ha moment. A mental shortcut that helps you make sense of things whether you’re excited or troubled by what happened at that moment in time. Every so often… [Continue Reading]

    The world needs more mystery, don’t you think?

  • Garden habits and other lessons in life

    Chelsea’s annual glitterati of gardening is just a few weeks away. A cornucopia of the great, good and glamorous of the horticultural world. Can’t beat it for armchair gardening. You can turn horticultural pundit in the comfort of your home. Opining on growers, blooms, garden design and revelling in the gardening secrets of celebrities. There… [Continue Reading]

    Garden habits and other lessons in life

  • Brain Sparks and other nonsense

    Somewhere in space is a spaceship that contains the fountain of eternal youth. It’s true. They even made a movie about it. But who needs movies when we have built-in virtual reality. That secret life in our heads that is a playground, a retreat or a boiling cauldron of cruelty. Now, here’s the thing. My… [Continue Reading]

    Brain Sparks and other nonsense

  • So what’s new? The April fool.

    I’ve been the April fool so often. The annual sport to trip me up or trick me out. And, for someone who really, and I mean, really, doesn’t like to be teased there was no fun in the fooling around. There was the time I was convinced that I’d got a speeding ticket. Another year… [Continue Reading]

    So what’s new? The April fool.

  • To blog or not?

    So often I ponder, to blog or not? Today I thought not. So, I logged in to remove the link to the Domestic Executive Facebook page. Part of my defiant attempt to squeeze useless social media from my life, and save the souls of others too. And, here I am. Pondering, to blog or not?… [Continue Reading]

    To blog or not?

  • The edges of beauty

    Bula, greetings from the South Pacific………. It’s hard to conceive how far New Zealand is from the rest of the world until you want to get away. If you fancy a change of scene, respite from winter, have a burning want to drink in another culture or want to reconnect with kin elsewhere in the… [Continue Reading]

    The edges of beauty

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