It is time for an update and a new photo as the previous one is getting a bit dated now. If you have been following my posts, you will know that I have been battling Long Covid for the last couple of years. I have decided to take early retirement from my day job so that I can focus on my health and wellness, and enjoying the things I love doing. From a blog perspective, there should not be too much of a change. Getting to Health will continue to be a focus with resources that will … [Read more...]
My Unexpected Journey into Herbalism
When I decided to start making my own gin I never thought that it would start me on an unexpected journey into herbalism. Nor did I ever think that getting Long Covid would accelerate me along that path. You will have realised from my blog that I love growing things and turning them into food, drinks and more, preserving nature's bounty and transforming it into items to be enjoyed with others. Initially that was via the more common methods of making jams, pickles and cordials; along with … [Read more...]
Celebrating 20,000 blog hits
I am celebrating reaching 20,000 blog hits (averaging 1000 hits per month since 2016 and 1500 hits last month - woohoo!) after nearly 3 years of writing my blog. I know that some people get that many hits in a day but my aim was to have information that was going to be useful and enduring for people rather than just be gimmicky or sensational with the aim of 'going viral'. Frankly, I'm amazed that over 50 people a day are finding something useful on my blog. Thanks to everyone who has … [Read more...]
About Me
My name is Sue and I live in suburban Auckland. I have a full-time professional job but I have always loved cooking, gardening and a range of crafts and dream that one day my portfolio of jobs will include something that embraces at least some of those things in a home-based venture. I also love to travel so I will have to keep the professional job for the foreseeable future to allow me to finance that 'habit', but perhaps I can blend in travel and travel-writing with my dream. I have a … [Read more...]
A Reluctant Blogger
How on earth did I get into this? I have a bare minimum Facebook page that I only set up so that I could see what it was all about – and so far I’m still fairly unimpressed. For a long time I was greeted by the somewhat depressing “you have 1 friend” and visited so seldom that even the Facebook system had to say “welcome back”. I did at one stage have 4 friends and then made the radical decision to de-friend two of them because they kept sending me things I wasn’t in the slightest bit … [Read more...]