Balancing Act and bombs
Our youngest granddaughter recently turned two and we decided to buy her a bike. No, not a trike thingy, but a real, two wheels with...
Inspired or Insipid
I loved the children's programme called "Pinky and the Brain." One was a genius and one was mad, but which one was which. The Brain was...
Purple tutus and balancing balls
As a child I was useless at sports. I was not on any sports teams or ever won a race of any sort. Not that I didn't try, but I am...
Poison Gloves and Giants
Winter has been long and hard with very little sunshine to brighten my day. So when a few sunbeams did grace us with their presence we...
Peacocks and pyreneans
Do you remember those travel games we used to play in the days before technology? Car cricket etc. Well there is one game that has never...
Quizical inheritances
Have you ever watched Jeopardy or Tipping Point or the Chase? Where they ask contestants a series of questions? Well, I love the shows,...
Meteoric Diets
Don't you hate that angry feeling you get when you start a new diet? Hangry I think it is called these days. Feeling hangry with...
Fire Dancing and Frost
We have been in New Zealand for almost 24 years and sometimes I get a little bit keen to see some familiar faces. Not that we don't have...