Planting Time

Autumn is right time to extend pa harakeke’s plantings – “Why are you doing this?” a visiting cycle tourist asked. “As reciprocity for being part of the biosphere,” could be my answer.

Save me from Handbags

At a young age I swore never to own a handbag, as a item linked with sexism, vulnerability and, for me, frustration when my mother could never find what she wanted in her handbag. I have kept my vow. Or have I?