They say life is what happens, when you are making plans. This blog started life as a recipe blog. I love to cook and feed people, and 6 years ago, it seemed the next logical step, to share my love of food and recipes with other interested people. After a while, I realised I had … Continue reading my other entrée
connect
“We all have an impact on each other. We are all connected in so many seen and unseen ways, Which possibly explains why one of the simplest and quickest routes to happiness seems to be to make someone else happy. The reason to be selfless is selfish. Nothing makes ourselves feel better than not thinking … Continue reading connect
meg
"Kua hinga te tōtara i Te Waonui-a-Tāne" a mighty tōtara has fallen in the great forest of Tāne This week, I lost a dear Recovery friend. Our paths had crossed in that weird time that was covid lockdown, in that weird place that was Twitter… an unlikely time and place, but kindred spirits always seem … Continue reading meg
new
In this fast paced world we live in, it is very easy to get stuck in a rut. Doing things we’ve always done, how we have always done them. They say, the devil makes work for idle hands, and while we may not think we are idle, sometimes doing everything we’ve always done, the way … Continue reading new
kāinga
Home I was at a food festival over the weekend in a small, inland fishing village. I say inland, because when you drive there you feel like you are still inland, but you are really just on the edge of one of The Sounds that reach into the sea from the top of Te Waipounamu, … Continue reading kāinga
tick tock
“Where did all the time go? The way time treats us and the way we use time is different for everyone. Some become wise with age and others stay perpetually naïve. Then there are those like Saoirse who were born with a wisdom beyond their years”-Stanley Tucci The muse has been playing with Time as … Continue reading tick tock
growth
While I walk around my forests, I see signs of growth everywhere. From shoots, to leaves to saplings. Even on the, seemingly dead, branches on the forest floor, I see the lichen and moss growing. And those huge old, hundreds of years old, trees, that seemingly have reached the peak of their development, still put … Continue reading growth
five
Its summer down here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Its safe to say after a fabulous start back in November, it’s been decidedly average; but we finally seem to be having spurts of a few nice days at a time. The rain disappears, the sun comes out, the vegetables are finally ripening I suffer a lot … Continue reading five
gentle
A couple of weeks ago, someone in a meeting said she was in favour of doing a “Gentle January”. From the Northern Hemisphere she struggles with the middle of winter, all the fuss and joy of Christmas has passed, the days are short and cold, and she is often left feeling a little Meh. She … Continue reading gentle
sensitive
“It is both a blessingAnd a curseTo feel everythingSo very deeply.” ― David Jones I have been told all my life that I am “too sensitive”. And it is safe to say that that phrase has affected me negatively. The silent implication that I’m somehow faulty, or less, or too much effort, because of my sensitivity. … Continue reading sensitive
BITCH!
TW – refers to SA, contains bad language “You Fucking Frigid Bitch!!!” Words spat at me 43 years ago, almost to the day. A privileged man, not liking me saying “no, I’m not ready yet”. I had thought we were friends, I was wrong. The shouting, the tearing of my clothes, the utter contempt as … Continue reading BITCH!
Food for the soul - welcome to my world 