All Christchurch whanau are relatively unscathed... wait, I feel like I've written this before. Oh, I have . This time there were a lot ...

Sue Orr's book launch yesterday at Caffe Laffare was a good one.  Sadly, my photography skills were not up to scratch. I'm totally o...

Went to New Plymouth over the weekend and had a fab time. Definitely a liveable place. The only disconcerting thing was the billboards every...

6:16am: Wake up with Black Eyed Peas looping in my head. Feel queasy. Worry about the car, left in Pipitea Street since midday Saturday. Sig...

The world is a better place when you can say: I'm going to Vietman next month (we fly out 26 March). The world is a better place when ...

On Friday the newspapers were reporting the estimated $150 billion repair bill for leaky school buildings (see here and here ). I am an emp...

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel, audiobook) I actually started listening to this audiobook in December, but it’s real...

It's Wednesday and no one has mentioned my being " hot " for a solid 24 hours. It seems I am back to being a lukewarm writer. ...