Outside it’s dreary. We’re not seeing much of the sun. There’s no growth in the garden. It’s only seventy-one days until spring a friend of mine said on Facebook. Well, I thought, that’s a relief. Tonight I’ll be celebrating the solstice by going to a beach […]
Would I chew or choke I wondered back at the beginning of May. After reading Brenda’s tribute to Gabriel Garcia Marquez over on burnsthefire I thought what better way to mark his passing than to read One Hundred Years of Solitude; the masterpiece beloved by so many readers […]
My Dear Dream Reader, You may remember a post from our road trip, all about Mount Taranaki. After days of waiting he finally revealed his true glory. And I showed my appreciation by clicking hundreds of photos on my phone. From each new vantage point I snapped […]
This aside is a shout-out to my Blogging University classmates. http://christinmcleod.wordpress.com http://svdeaner.wordpress.com http://mariabrinkley.com http://charliekb.wordpress.com http://euphoniccharity.com https://mytefladvertures.wordpress.com http://thebrixtonhousewife.com http://bobandemily.wordpress.com Thanks to each one of you for the Liebster Award nominations. Leo says it best: Everyone, click on the links and go see what these […]
Zero to Hero: Assignment 11 Today’s assignment: get out and about in the blogosphere and comment on four blogs that are new to you. Here they are, my fab four in no particular order, plus one more: Exile On Pain Street I’ve followed this blog for a few days. […]
Zero to Hero: Assignment One I’ve had my blog for almost two years. I signed up in 2012. My first post was two photos of kiwi icons. Both of them food: Marmite, which is a staple in my house, and a mutton bird, which I’ve eaten only once. […]
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