Seasonal transitions

Seasonal transitions

We are days away from the official start of Spring and new shades of green are popping up everywhere you look. It’s a blessed relief to know we have longer warmer days to look forward to. There is nothing like a change in seasons to recalibrate your interests...
Benefits of blogging

Benefits of blogging

A bit like a repetitive dream that has the same ending, I have multiple conversations with friends and colleagues about why I blog and tweet.  For people who don’t blog or read blogs they just don’t get the whole online community thing.  I’ve...
Domesticity – the come back

Domesticity – the come back

There was a moment in the first episode of the 2011 Great British Bake Off we watched on BBC iPlayer at the weekend when one of the contestant’s magnificent layer cakes slipped off the work top and landed in an undignified heap on the floor.  All the words of...
Snowmaggedon

Snowmaggedon

“Be afraid, very afraid” was the weather forecasters message this time last week.  A once in a lifetime snow storm was heading across New Zealand that would eclipse the snow flurry we had a few weeks before.  Twitter was forecasting #snowmaggedon with...
Bound up

Bound up

Phew! That’s about as much as I can muster after two weeks of high drama on both the domestic and executive front.  Microblogging using Twitter was about as much as I can muster so I hope you’ve been keeping up with all the news. If not, here’s a...