The weather, of course! Everyone of you thought it was the folk from the United Kingdom who talked more about the changeable weather. Didn't you? I beg to differ. Zealand, we usually experience a few hot days, then back down to a shall we say "a more inviting temperature". Then some move to our neighbouring… Continue reading What’s the Hot Topic in New Zealand this week?
Category: Musings
Thoughts on Turning 60
Some life events leave us speechless for a little while. For me, one of those was turning 60. The number itself is absolutely daunting, and no more wriggle room to claim the high road of middle age. For me, 60 is not the new 40, as I have no desire to go backward. As a… Continue reading Thoughts on Turning 60
Hello, 2019 – We CANcer vive!
Time to celebrate the arrival of a New Year by turning the last digit to 9.
Life at No.22 – Shifting In
We have been back home in New Zealand for approximately three weeks. To say it has been hectic in a sort of organised chaotic way would be an understatement. Most of that time has had us shifting our "treasures". Though one of us kept referring to those treasures with a more descriptive word. A new… Continue reading Life at No.22 – Shifting In
Wired to Travel
"The compulsion to see what lies beyond that far ridge or that ocean —or this planet— is a defining part of human identity and success." While most people are content to find an oasis or perhaps another slice of paradise to escape their daily grind for a few weeks of the year. There are others, like… Continue reading Wired to Travel