My dear supportive husband has thrown himself into sharing domestic duties since I have started full time work. I can’t quite work out whether his enthusiasm is just another routine that he draws pleasure from or whether he’s getting more obsessed about... If you’ve read Nigel Slater’s book, The Kitchen Diaries, you’ll be familiar with the practice of shopping locally for seasonal produce. For most people the labour intensive style of food retailing is beyond their time limitations and a short sharp... 1 September is the first official day of spring and to celebrate this significant milestone in the calendar, the sun has put his hat on and started to shine.The last few days have been glorious with plenty of sun, leaving me a little red face still wearing my winter... Taking up swimming in New Zealand was my antidote to lack of exercise in my last months in the UK. You’d think that it was a harmless enough pastime.You’ve probably heard of road rage or air rage but now there seems to be a new phenomenon, lane rage. That’s... It rained for 13 hours solid yestrday (Saturday) and caused more chaos on roads and rail. Our local train between Wellington and Johnsonville was de-railed close to Khandallah because of a landslip. We saw them cleaning up the debris when we headed off to Kaitoke to... 