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This week’s small pleasures #463
Today is the Labour Day holiday here in New Zealand, so, as is the tradition of such days, the weather is ghastly. As I type this evening, the rain is pouring down, and I dare not even run out for a...
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If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would talk about the past month, about the fact I travelled to Auckland and Hawke’s Bay for work, about the wild and variable spring weather. I say...
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This week’s small pleasures #464
What a week! A reorganisation ‘shock’ at work (all I will say is our team is wonderful and our manager is fighting our corner) has really affected my mood and thoughts, and it has been so important to...
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Words on Wednesday: café life
I actually had my normal day off work today, and after my wonderful morning Pilates class, I decided to head over to Pickle & Pie for lunch. Regular readers may remember this place as I have been...
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This week’s small pleasures #465
Is it really only just over 6 weeks until Christmas? Just so hard to believe. Anyway, this morning we heard some good news regarding the re-organisation proposals, a book from Bookety Book Books...
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Cook Book Club: November
I think I may have mentioned before, but my older brother Sandy (who is 18 years older than me) was a huge influence on me getting interested in food and cooking. I can still remember his cassoulet,...
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This week’s small pleasures #466
It has been a busy week at work, and then I got a really sore throat, meaning I took to my bed on Friday afternoon for a two hour nap. This seemed to do the trick, what with that and a weekend of...
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What’s on your bookshelf: November
It is that time for a round up of recent reading. I made up for a lack of detective fiction last month at least as you will see below, but didn’t read any Japanese books (though I just started one on...
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This week’s small pleasures #467
It is four weeks to go to the holidays! 15 more working days, since I don’t work on Wednesdays, until 3 weeks summer holiday. I can hardly wait. Meantime, it is important to find ways to switch off...
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Words on Wednesday: café life
Tucked away on Taranaki Street is August Eatery, a great place for lunch or coffee on any day of the week. The food could be said to be ‘Mediterranian inspired’, full of fresh herbs, strong flavours...
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