We were talking the other day about how cheap it is for kids to buy fizzy drinks these days… and the amount of sugar that is in them! I remember walking into the supermarket first thing in the morning on a number of occasions, and there were these young kids walking out of the supermarket […]

I want to tell a story today, it is one of many stories that pop up now and then from Miss 6 and 3/4 year old Teia… We were having dinner tonight (roast chicken!) and she says quite confidently, “I think the wish bone can come from either the leg or the wing.” “Oh” I […]

This rock is very definite today; the lines and colours are solid and permanent. Trust is a big word. I’ve started to write about this in many posts before, but for whatever reason the kōrero didn’t feel right, so I left it… and now it has come back! And sometimes the things that are hardest […]

I was walking today, being present in my surroundings and I was amazed at how much I took in. I walked to town which is only half an hour but in that time I saw so many things… scenes presented to me, full of messages, I would have missed them if I was not fully […]

I’ve just looked back over the past few days and realised that the rocks I’ve painted have been either white, grey or yellow! Maybe a bit boring, but for me the colours suit my moods and what has been going on in my life at the time. And I’ve definitely been in a contemplative space […]

Why do I paint koru? A friend prompted me to write about this, when she asked me what the circles that I paint mean to me… For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been drawn to circles and spirals. As a child in school I used to create borders for my assignments that […]