As I write this, there is only a couple of days of the New Zealand winter left, before spring is upon us. The produce in the photograph...

There's nothing I love more than falling into a good book. I was one of those kids who read everything I could get my hands...

Life has been a little up and down for me lately. Not enough hours in the day. Too many things to do in too short a time. Too many...

August is the final month of winter down here in New Zealand. It's also a time when we have a ridiculous amount of rain and it's cold and...

Mum was diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-April and we've been on a roller coaster ride ever since. I'm pleased to report that she seems...

I remember a time many years ago, when I was struggling with early sobriety. I was on my way home from a shopping trip with my two young...

I'm asking myself where did the first quarter of the year go? I'm also looking at my goals for this quarter and I'm pleased to report...

It's been a torrid week here in New Zealand. I don't like following the news, but even I would have to have been living under a rock not...

Wonderful Wednesday: Sometimes it's hard when you're feeling as if the world is crashing in on you to find the wonder in the world....

Some days it feels like everything is too hard. "Struggle" is the word of the day and all I want to do is go back to bed, pull the covers...

When I was trying to get sober, I had a line drawing on my fridge. I eventually coloured it in I loved it so much. It was a photograph of...

You know the feeling. All the best intentions and then...Bam! Out of nowhere something gets in the way of your well structured new...

As I sit here writing this, I can feel the little beads of sweat dripping down various parts of my body. Ugh...you might think, but this...

I had time to reflect today. As I write this, it’s the day before Valentine’s Day--the day when every woman (and probably a lot of men)...

This post could easily have a sub-heading, "How to Manage the Unmanageable" or even, "My Stationery Obsession" :-) I was thinking about...

It has been an absolute bumper crop this year for us in the fruit department. We’ve been fighting with the local bird population over our...

So I talked about my own struggle with self-care at the beginning of this week. Of course, it’s not only when I’m trying to get back into...

It’s February already, so I tell myself I should be well back into my routine. I don’t know what it’s like where you are in the world,...

Today I’m grateful for my cat, Freyja. She drives me nuts at dawn when she meows at me to get up and feed her--which I ignore by the...

When I practice gratitude it helps me to look for the positive things, people and influences in my life. It makes it easier to build a...