Reconnecting a joy in sad times
Reconnecting a joy in sad times
Family is a weave of people who know you.
Tales from the Powder Room
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What are men good for?
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What are men good for?
In 2015, at the age of 109 and at the time Scotland’s oldest woman, Jesse Gallan credited her advanced age to porridge and avoidance of men.
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Staying friends a lesson in ex education
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Staying friends a lesson in ex education
"I’m just reaching out, as a concerned friend," she said.
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Finally getting my hands dirty
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Finally getting my hands dirty
Gardening is a brutal contact sport. The garden doesn’t want to be tamed, writes Lisa Scott.
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Could AI write this column?
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Could AI write this column?
I had some fun playing with ChatGPT the other day, asking it who I was. The results are best summed up as kind of true, in an alternate universe, writes Lisa Scott.
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A few words about final thoughts
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A few words about final thoughts
When it comes to eulogies, there's room for a balance between blowing smoke up your cadaver and free-range honesty, writes Lisa Scott.
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On the road, avoid fungus
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On the road, avoid fungus
They say travelling together is the best test of any relationship, but I don’t see why there needs to be a test. A relationship is a pass/fail situation, surely, writes Lisa Scott.
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A tourist in the lives of two cats
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A tourist in the lives of two cats
Food could not be more expensive right now.
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Of summer’s sirens and sea lions
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Of summer’s sirens and sea lions
My New Year’s resolution was to go vegetarian.
A time for togetherness
A time for togetherness
Well done, you’ve made it to the end of a frankly awful year.
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The importance of holding your line
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The importance of holding your line
Sometimes, if people won’t make a path for you, you have to bash one for yourself, writes Lisa Scott.
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Wherever they lay their hats, that’s my home
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Wherever they lay their hats, that’s my home
"Property investor" sounds great, doesn’t it? Better than "reluctant landlord", which is the truth of the matter, writes Lisa Scott.
Well-heeled misery? That’s rich
Well-heeled misery? That’s rich
Why are Wanaka people (the ones who live there all the time and own a house) miserable as sin? Lisa Scott wonders.
Thank you, driver
Thank you, driver
I’m getting used to the morning commute, but I will say the old bed-to-dining-table-in-Uggs route did have a certain ease and simplicity, writes Lisa Scott.
Someone in your corner
Someone in your corner
A feeling of friendship and companionship in the workplace makes a big difference.
Coming home to a city that has never left me
Coming home to a city that has never left me
After five years away, Lisa Scott's returning to her home town Dunedin.
Take another piece of my heart
Take another piece of my heart
I’m cleaning the toilet an awful lot. There isn’t a weed in the garden and the bed is always made, writes Lisa Scott.
Still more bonnie than bonita
Still more bonnie than bonita
Time to embrace my whakapapa - however grey and dull and prone to colonising it might be, writes Lisa Scott.
Give me some credit
Give me some credit
Well, I really picked the worst time to have a rip-snortingly good Christmas holiday, writes Lisa Scott.
Sharing the gift of fertility, freely
Sharing the gift of fertility, freely
New Zealand has a chronic shortage of sperm donors, causing unnecessary heartache for couples longing to have a child, writes Lisa Scott.