Tag: body

Holy of holies

Holy of holies

kawakawa [Macropiper excelsum]. The leaves are usually hole punched by the green Kawakawa Looper moth [Cleora scriptaria] caterpillars. The leaves can be used for healing purposes and, rather than being a disadvantage, the leaves with the most holes are considered the best with the strongest concentrations of active ingredients.

 

The pecking order

The pecking order

After introducing Sebastian, I was delighted to see that some of Sebastian’s colleagues had got together overnight and posted their organisational chart. I made the …

 

Coming home

Coming home

Weekends are often about trying to cross a few chores off the list. Cram in a movie. Catch up with whanau. Cook. Clean. Fix. Make. …

 

All I want for Christmas

All I want for Christmas

I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath, when I am at home again–I do like it so very much…. Oh! Who can …

 

352 – Looking for the face

352 – Looking for the face

From mirror after mirror, No vanity’s displayed: I’m looking for the face I had Before the world was made. — W. B. Yeats Peter Trevelyan’s Mimetic Brotherhood definitely looks …

 

084 – Body beautiful

084 – Body beautiful

If nothing else, my life has taught me one thing: The mind and body that I have are the only mind and body that I …

 

010 – Brain haze

010 – Brain haze

I woke at 3am with a thumping headache. My automatic response was to get up, take some tablets, massage the nape of my neck and …