If I know a book’s details I can order it, or I can search a topic to see what is available, but that’s all pretty mundane. What I enjoy about browsing in bookshops is the serendipity: you never know what
Food, glorious food…
A pragmatic traveller rather than a gourmet ‘to-go’, I rarely write about eating. But in the first of a series about my recent sojourn in Wellington, I decided to make an exception and start with food, so that you
The Languages of Storytelling – YoiFest 2014
Anu Paulose giggles with nerves, waiting to perform her story. She will explain the gist of the tale in English before telling the story in her native language – Hindi. Like all the storytellers at this festival, Anu is a
Bee’s Knees, Tongues and Other Bits
NZ flax flower (Phormium tenax) Spring, so full of expectations. To be alive in spring is to be whirled up into spirals of hope; of unfolding leaves, pending buds, and new beginnings. While waiting for an emerging prospect of my
Kiwi Magic
September first is officially spring in New Zealand, but what that means outside the window depends on where you live. Up here in the Far North, just within the subtropics, already evenings are lighter and the days warmer. Nothing can