Kate's Blog

Having been to the Alexandra Blossom Festival , I thought I should also try out another Otago event – the Cromwell Races. Him Outdoors works...

A friend of mine told me she had started wearing a pedometer – you know; one of those things that count your steps. The recommended number o...

I’ve been through this before – everything is upside-down here and the seasons don’t fit. Certain Christmas traditions with which I grew up...

Carryng on from where I left off yesterday, here are my further musings on the films I have seen on the combined 'best of/definitive...

'Tis the season to compile lists of 'best of's. As it is a year with a 9 at the end, we can extend that for a whole ten years! T...

The following are short reviews of the books that I read in June. The marks I have given them in the brackets are out of five. Luncheon of t...

A couple of weeks ago I had occasion to go to a newish housing development – Lake Hayes Estate – and it got me thinking about homes and comm...