With 50 years experience in decking the halls for Christmas, I have learned to take tips from country decorating magazines with a grain of salt, or better still a fire extinguisher. Seeking ...

Wash your hands often, and clean high-touch surfaces regularly. This is especially important to prevent the spread of ...

Growing up on The Commons (Hill Street) in the ’50s, like all of my young friends, I eagerly awaited the arrival of Santa Claus. I was eight years old when I first began to harbour suspicions about ...

Artist Vincent Van Gogh in 1888 wrote to his brother Theo and said, “I often think that the night is more alive and more ...

Seasonal sidewalk closures will come into effect on November 1st in various hamlets and some urban areas in Picton, Wellington, and Consecon.

By ‘simple things’, I am referring to naturally occurring, easy-to-access fundamentals such as iodine, proteolytic enzymes, ...

My Mom collects turtles and a Chik-Lau turtle was her Christmas present that year. Mom has turtle pins, pendants, watches, ...

I was too young to realize that I was the lucky one, for right in my own backyard was historic Picton Harbour. My earliest memories of it are of the “big boats” sailing in, loaded with coal. It was ...

In a show of resistance to the commercial frenzy that Christmas has become, this year I am displaying a holiday potholder gifted to me more than 40 years ago. A present from my late husband, Alan, it ...