Category Archive: movies

Letting our light shine

Letting our light shine

I have been secretly looking forward to Christmas even though I haven’t expressed this feeling outwardly in any way. For the first time ever in my …

 

What do horses dream of?

What do horses dream of?

A few days ago we watched the legendary Mary Poppins – the Walt Disney movie. I love the scene where Mary, Bert, and the kids …

 

The Theatre Spirit

The Theatre Spirit

Once upon a time… I wonder how many great stories start with that line… I once entered a competition to write a fairy tale, in the …

 

Macrotermes

Macrotermes

As a child Boris had spent hours constructing elaborate ‘houses’ out of playing cards. He slipped cards into the pages of books to provide sound …

 

Pizza time

Pizza time

End of the day, end of the week, it’s pizza time. We come home from work, and in our kitchen laboratory we create food together. …

 

269 – Close the pod doors, HAL

269 – Close the pod doors, HAL

There are the faint echoes of Strauss about the foyer of the Wellington City Council buildings in the evening. There should be a black, light …

 

105 – Petals in the afternoon

105 – Petals in the afternoon

You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them — no matter how old or impressive they may be — …

 

089 – De-talented

089 – De-talented

It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de-lovely. — Cole Porter, De-Lovely The promise – a few hours of wonderful music, an evening with special friends, some timeout from …

 

033 – Danica’s line

033 – Danica’s line

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. — Mother Teresa I was in for an extra special …

 

029 – Fashionista baby steps

029 – Fashionista baby steps

I have never opened a Vogue magazine … that is until today. Believe me I am no fashionista. Let’s face it I am not one …