Our annual inorganic rubbish collection is under way, when householders put out all sorts of things for the council to pick up that are norm...

How rude that sounds! Caution: I'm really living up to the blog name today. This is the cover of the NZ Herald's travel section this...

The kitchen's being replaced today, so it's been all about unnerving thumps and bangs, tradesmen's radio full blast, anxious...

Another story of mine in the Herald on Sunday yesterday, about Kaikoura this time. That's two weeks in a row, with the Mauritius one i...

The Baby moved out today, gone flatting with four strange (though hopefully not actually strange at all) boys over in the city, and we'v...

I've just finished off the left-over rice pudding: it was calling to me through the quiet house. I thought I would only tidy up the edge...

Amazing news from Chile about the 33 miners discovered alive 17 days after a cave-in. There will be a lot of prayers being said for them ove...