My friend’s mother last night. She has been in and out of hospital and each time my friend saw her increasingly frail mother she knew this day was coming, but it was not until the doctor said it out loud that it became true. She said she threw some clothes in the car and took … More Mothers
I never thought I’d write a bad review of a library but I couldn’t believe that today, after all the lead-in time from the government, our Christchurch libraries were still closed. I suspect they will have anticpated a busy day but WE ALL HAVE BUSY DAYS – and most of us devoted library goers would’ve … More Level 2 Library Closure
It’s been one of those long, slow Sunday’s at our house. I did a bit of gardening this morning which I felt justified a long, long, long read of a novel after lunch. In case you’re interested it was The Castaways by Lucy Clarke – https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52779734 and once I had everyone on the deserted island … More Tips for the Tree Hut
‘Strike a match Hoppy,’ is one of the things my husband says quite often. Neither of us know exactly where the saying came from apart from a vague recollection that it was in a story we heard on the radio about Hopalong Cassidy. ( a cheerfully non pc name for a man with a wooden … More Strike a match Hoppy
This morning I put on shorts and a tee shirt. It was 19 degrees yesterday and I didn’t want to waste a precious drop of vitamin D. So what did I do this morning before the wind started to blow and after I’d chopped the mint down to size (stalks) and divested the lemon of … More Myth Busting
It’s winter and I’ve put on a little extra poundage. While my adult children eat like well-honed athletic specimens, I defend to the death, my right to eat bread. And anything else I fancy. I’ve just eaten a Whittakers Peanut Bar in three mouthfuls, but… it was one of those mini ones and when I … More Buying a new bra
Monday this week we were booked for the first of our Covid jabs. Half an hour before my appointment things were looking good. I checked I had my phone and something to read. My husband had his jacket on and a cup of coffee in hand which means I’ll be doing the driving while he … More Covid # 1
I am a covert romantic. When I’m all on my own I watch ‘Virgin River’ on Netflix and when I’m not, I download chick lit onto my Kindle so I think I know what I’m missing out on by living with the most practical but non-romantic person on the planet. Our conversations at this time … More Romance
I wrote a film once. It was a short film called “The Watcher” and the script was good enough to be given 100% funding from Creative New Zealand. I was over the moon. A few months earlier I’d given the script to my friend, a long-time TV producer who liked it. We decided she would … More Back into it after all these years
I have new glasses, a new phone and a new laptop. I got the glasses because the other ones spent their entire day halfway down my nose and I had developed a sore neck. I got the phone because I was wearing the new glasses when I arsed up and obliterated the screen on the … More A Run of Exceptionally Bad ‘New’s’
