Rubirosa
A waiter, sporting a jaunty fedora, attempted to explain the restaurant’s name. ‘Rubirosa. He was from Europe. Italy, I think. I heard he was this man who used to be a playboy and he...
Monthly Archive: January 2022
Red Clover Tea
I’m gobsmacked by the untold teas displayed on supermarket shelves. I shouldn’t be -most fresh off the blocks ‘manufactured’ products not much more than a copywriter whizz kid and a computer aided design nanosecond...
Hay, Hay, Hay
In the course of the last few years, those sniffing around for a lifestyle block have discovered the Fairlie district big time. And they in turn have attracted agricultural contractors who cater to their...
“… under a gooseberry bush.”*
Graham R. Cooper A couple who recently moved to the district came round on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve to pick our surplus gooseberries. Two grandchildren in tow – six and ten or...
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