summer lovin’
#814 in the 1000 things to do in britain book – join the cloud appreciation society (yes ~t, i can hear you laughing at me from here) Share → Tweet
as a fortune
Six Lanterns by angrytoast Everyday Take a lantern Keep it bright As the light source Of your mind- Again and again, Take the inexhaustible fire As the hopeful cord Of your heart. – komitas Share → Tweet
life lessons
45 life lessons and 5 to grow on by Regina Brett To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolls over to 50 this week, so here’s an update: Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good. When in doubt, just take the next small step. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does. Pay off your credit cards every month. You don’t have to win... Read The Rest →
old skool cool
jean michelle jarre plays at the wembley arena (photo by nic) fantastic even without microdots, fluro shirts and 80′s hair Share → Tweet
postcards from prague
dear friends, we’ve been tripping around quite a bit recently – the new spring weather has us creeping out from beneath warm feather duvets, flinging open doors & windows and venturing to new places. last weekend, it was an overnight visit to prague. we travelled with friends (also originally from new zealand), to support our friend running her first marathon in prague. prague is beautiful, virtually untouched by world war two. the locals are friendly, the beer cheap (and delicious)… the weather was gorgeous and the main city areas are... Read The Rest →
postcards from london & paris
dear friends, do you remember that feeling… the one where you have butterflies in your stomach… meeting someone new for the first time? someone you have ‘met’ through blogging and feel close to but you’ve never met in person? we had a friend come to visit. one i have struck up a friendship with since a book swap we both participated in about 2 years ago. we’d never met before and i had quiet moments of anxiety, wondering if this person i only partly knew would be someone to call... Read The Rest →
postcards from north yorkshire
dear friends, easter weekend this year had us heading north by fast train to york (2 hours by train, about 4 in a car), then driving out into the countryside of north yorkshire we’d found a small stone shed on the internet that we fell in love with and were so happy to discover it was free that weekend. every single detail had been considered in this inviting place. from fluffly cotton bathrobes and crisp cotton sheets to the beautiful breakfast basket of goodies and a bottle of local wine... Read The Rest →
fresh
e kore au e ngaro, he kākano i ruia ki tēnei whenua. i will never be lost, i am a seed of this land it’s new zealand music month again and this years hunt for new music has so far led to some fabulous discoveries. like rosy tin tea caddy (thanks marianne), the woolshed sessions (i grew up in the region where this album was recorded), hannah howes (another beautiful soulful artist), a great new track from opensouls and others. there are so many fabulous musicians in this world. and... Read The Rest →
enemies
daily prayers, pere lachaise cemetery, paris disarmed i realised how easily you can lose all animosity towards someone you’ve deemed your enemy as soon as that person stops behaving as such. - carlos ruiz zafón. (from: the shadow of the wind) — the above quote got me… i read it, re-read it and have gone back to it over and over again. it has me considering how I might be able to apply this in my own life… how I might be able to disarm others with my own behaviour... Read The Rest →