I’ve often thought about the evolution of our family. We started off as four in a country where we had…
When I went to university, I lived for the first year in a hostel. The meals were standard institutional ones…
I experienced food shock when I moved from my mother’s home cooking to institution cooking. Cabbage became a problem. Mum…
Still on the food topic this week, I’ve been remembering what I ate for the first 12 years of my…
I’ve been thinking about gardens and food recently. In Canada, I live in an apartment building with two containers on…
In the local paper property section last week, I noticed two Oraka baches for sale. I can remember when Mum…
When my grandfather died, he left the Mokotahi bach to the son who used it least and it was sold.…
Last night on the news, an item showed a whale washed up at Mahia. I remember seeing dead creatures lying…
Last night, I watched a Disney version of A Christmas Carol and I reckon Charles Dickens would have been spinning…
Last week I wrote about getting lost in foreign places. People often say we needed a GPS to solve our…