Miraz Jordan

I've been feeling a bit below par so had plenty of time to read and enjoy The Sheriff Hank Worth Mysteries by Claire Booth. 📚 Across these five mysteries, [Hank] faces a brutal killing in a quiet home, a scheme preying on elderly tourists, an explosion th…

King of the hill.

On her way to work this morning Deb dropped me off more or less opposite our house, but on the other side of the river, so I could enjoy a brisk 30 minute, 2.7 Km, walk home.

A delightful start to the day.

Just wait till they plug in the AI decision-makers!

Two birds caught my eye at the estuary today: a kingfisher and a New Zealand Dotterel

Spring flowers in the dunes beside the track to the beach.

Ohhh, when looking at ingredients on packaged food sodium and salt are not the same — Beyond Salt: The Secret Reason Your Blood Pressure Stays High Despite Your Diet in the UK, the packet … gives you the amount of salt in grams, and the general guidance f…

Today I learned about "global fatigue" after weeks of weight training, which may explain why last week I just wanted to laze around — Should You Take a Week Off Exercise?

How cool!

On Saturday we visited the Whangārei Farmer's Market to stock up on fruit and veg.

Abandoned after Book 1 — The Complete Detective Lauren Riley by Lissa Marie Redmond. 📚 In the freezing grip of upstate New York, Buffalo Cold Case Homicide detective Lauren Riley is as unyielding as the snow that comes howling in off the lake.

I know that weather doesn't go in a straight line, but it does finally feel as though spring has arrived.

One each of many reasons why my vote this year will not be going to either NZ First or ACT.

As I drove past the end of Papich Road the other day I wondered what was down there.

A nice bit of punnery in our other election this year: 'Manufestos and wings': The new twist in this month's Bird of the Year competition: this year, the avian election comes with a twist - Aotearoa's manu have been sorted into six different political par…

OK, I haven't read the study, but the conclusion is interesting.

I was wondering today: how come we call acres of machines that harvest the power of wind, 'wind farms'.

I visited Marsden Point Beach at the end of Mair Street today.

Across the road from Harbour Keys cafe is a pretty beach with pōhutukawa trees right down to the water.

This morning I went to Harbour Keys cafe in One Tree Point where I enjoyed scrambled eggs on toast with grilled tomato, with an orange and horopito herbal tea.

I was a bit dispirited by my gym progress over the last few months, and mildly reluctant to go today, so I set out to drop each weight down and do more reps.

Congratulations to the Department of Conservation's Kākāpō Recovery Programme.

Reading this was like a cat soaking in warmth in a puddle of sunlight.

After heavy rain at the weekend the digger again scooped huge buckets of water from where they're currently working and dropped it into Lake Heron.