If I were more of a royalist this weekend I would probably indulged in cream teas and hung out the union jack bunting celebrate the official birthday of HM The Queen. Instead I gave thanks for the public holiday and settled in for a longer weekend. I find it hard to... If limbering up is the warm-up for running, I’m still riffling through my wardrobe for a track suit to wear for my writing project. I realise now that I should have lined up some writing prompts and ideas over the last couple of weeks. Forward planning is not my... Everyone has their weak spots. It may be shoes, eating chocolate or watching third rate horror movies. With me it’s luggage – you know always on the search for the perfect suitcase, camera bag, handbag and carry-on luggage bag. And notebooks. Ever since... 
Tomorrow marks the passing of another season when we will slip officially into winter. This takes away any legitimate reason for any of us in New Zealand to moan and gripe about the cold, wind, rain or any other form of inclement weather. After all it’s winter and... 
Loitering at the lunch table of a workshop last week whilst I contemplated whether to snaffle the last chicken satay my ears pricked up to a conversation about the annoyance someone felt about the invasion of pet photographs on the internet. Â Listening in on a story... 