Aging is an extraordinary process, where you become free to be the person you always should have been – David Bowie.
“Come on, Aunty Katrina”, my nine-year-old twin grand-nieces called back to me as we were running for the ferry. “The ferry’s coming!” they urgently informed me, with a touch of panic on their faces. I really was trying to be as fleet of foot as possible, but to their nine-year-old young, fit, and athletic bodies, …
Continue reading Going downhill at Diamond Harbour is much easier than going uphill, but …..
It was an interesting sight to see my neighbour slowly walking towards me holding a lead in one hand with a creaky old dog on the end of it, and a battered old beer carton in the other hand. I’ve lived in this neighbourhood for almost eight years, and have a friendly acquaintanceship with a …
It’s no secret amongst those who know me even casually that the act of cooking and I am not a match made in heaven. I periodically think I would like to get excited about it, but the best I can come up with is occasionally having the desire to eat something a little more exciting …
Continue reading I bought a new cookbook, and actually used it!
Damn, a freebie holiday on a Greek Island sounded good! I could just see myself there being all cosmopolitan in a Greek taverna, whilst also getting on down with the locals. If these things were contradictory during the course of a week in real life, they could easily be brushed aside in my dreams. Not …
I really do try to look after my teeth, but sometimes life and all that comes along with it beats the best of habits. Hence, I’m in the process of having a root canal done, and relinquishing $1,828.00 for the privilege. It’s possible you may have detected a tiny touch of sarcasm at my use …
After my last (long ago) post about my first kitten fostering gig, which ended with - “My next fostering gig is starting today. This time I’m getting an older cat who is being put up for adoption straight away, so I shouldn’t have her for long. I anticipate a slightly less eventful period, this time” …
My first kitten fostering gig is done. After two months, in a score out of ten, it was somewhat of a less than perfect result as far as socialising the two of them enough for adoption goes. My sister and I have agreed, by mutual understanding, that I’m no kitten whisperer. If it had been …
What to do on a sunny Sunday but drive to the beach. Not a relaxing well-behaved beach, though, where a dip, a lie down, and a gentle stroll are par for the course. Here on the east coast of the South Island around Banks Peninsula way we don’t rate very highly in the picture-postcard-type of …
Life’s been a bit topsy turvy lately. I’m a person who likes order, so I don’t actively go seeking disruption, yet I can’t always keep my hand from raising itself to get involved in a matter or volunteer for something. It seems to act of its’ own accord, and then wouldn’t you know it, life …
Much to my dismay, I have become fussy about the quality of garlic I use. No one who knows me would associate me and my palate with the word ‘refined’, so getting fussy about garlic is rather unexpected. Apart from being vegan, I’m not particularly particular about what I eat. I’m especially not particularly particular …
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