Lisa Scott

Bike-packing trip a steep order

Always a moment for a picture with a sign bearing her name. Photos: Supplied.

Bike-packing trip a steep order

Gravel gut-busters, pleasant valleys and one weird wallaby. For her first bike-packing trip, Lisa Scott attempts the Ti Kouka Traverse, a 195km South Canterbury route climbing into the Hunters Hills.

Falling and love again

It’s only natural that when you get together with someone there is a certain merging of your interests and hobbies, writes Lisa Scott.

Distance makes perfect strangers

Whether it’s empty places at the table, family members stuck on the other side of the world, the constant feeling of not-here-ness is like the itch of a missing limb, writes Lisa Scott.

Community hits the spot

Don’t know about you, but at the start of 2020 I had no idea of the random skills I’d have assembled by the end of it. Some people took up baking, gardening ... Those people are not me.

Dusting off the bookshelf

Your bookcase says a lot about you, Lisa Scott believes. Want to be taken seriously? Take a shelfie.

Ordinary heroes will come to the rescue

It’s not until things like Covid-19 happen that emergency management teams swing into action, CDEMs activate and folks whose normal jobs are as innocuous as stapling paper together turn out to be secret ninjas, writes Lisa Scott.

Slacker mode curbs working frenzy

Lisa Scott enjoys the Twizel Salmon and Wine Festival, on a day off. Photo: Nathan Meikle

Slacker mode curbs working frenzy

Like a shark that has to keep moving to pay the mortgage, I never stop working, writes Lisa Scott.

Spending time as an island

Spending time as an island

No woman is an island, but spending time alone is the healthiest decision you’ll make, writes Lisa Scott.

A homely holiday

The writer (left) undergoes some nature therapy at Orokonui with tahu Mackenzie.

A homely holiday

Heading home for the holidays allows Lisa Scott to disconnect and reconnect.

A place of healing

Lisa Scott's fallen in love with the Waitaki District.

Remember the days . . .

From left: Dan Meikle, Chris Linwood and Gary Heselwood, from the Waitaki Boys' team of 1998....

Remember the days . . .

Lisa Scott goes to watch a game of rugby she actually enjoyed.

Beauty lab - Natio

This week, Lisa Scott tries new releases from Natio.

Sale smacks of a deceased estate

The Fortune created loyalty by virtue of the blood, sweat and tears in getting from page to stage. But the sale of its assets is an act too far, writes Lisa Scott.