Ben 10
I’d never heard of Ben 10 before my three boisterous great nephews arrived for a flying visit last week. Do you know who Ben 10 is? Chances are unless you’re under 4 foot nothing you won’t UNLESS of course you’re
Hawke’s Bay Whine Country
I ADORE Hawke’s Bay, I do BUT every now and then it needs a swift kick to the bot-tom to remind it of what’s important. Particularly in regard to
Two Worlds Colliding
American painter Andrew Wyeth’s painting ‘Christina’s World’ (1948), has fascinated me all my life. I can’t tell you why exactly, perhaps it was just the
Totally Stoned
Interesting I thought! I’d heard about it, been vaguely curious about it but I think it makes all the difference in the world when you actually know someone who’s doing it or going to do it in this case. You get keen to
No Head Shots
I always feel envious of beer drinkers at this time of the year. They make beer drinking look so positively palatial! Sitting beside my cousin Hamish at a family gathering recently I managed to snaffle the label off the beer he was drinking because the label made me




