Fur children are a hit in Aotearoa! Not only do we have one of the highest ...
Life
Articles all about our country, your favourites like food, wine, family, your home, gardening, retirement living and yes, something about pets also.
Hairy MacLary Treasury
Hairy Maclary Treasury (The Complete adventures of Hairy Maclary) It is rather amazing that a very ...
Your Home is Bugged
Your home is bugged: two microphones and two cameras per child. They are watching us, listening ...
Kingsley Field
Kingsley Field
Thank Goodness I’m Not Them
I was a chairperson of academic departments in two different universities. In both situations one of ...
Oaks and Acorns – A Legacy
Recently I started one of these columns under the slug “Acorns”, the ‘slug’ being the name-tag ...
Oily Rag Friends of the Home
Some good ideas never age – they can be practical, cost efficient and extremely effective. This ...
Shingles
Have you thought about the shingles vaccination? One vaccination all people over the age of 50 ...
Today In History – October
October 31 1541 – Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes painting The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican ...
Flowers, Feathers and Flirtings
It is, ostensibly spring. Already there was daffodils and jonquils and early-cheer all jauntily sprouting yellow and ...