Tag Archives: christchurch

We Heart She Chocolat

I’m not sure if anyone has noticed, but we at Jumping Tangents have a fiendish affection for chocolate. It’s a tough life, we have to eat A LOT of chocolate most days and sometimes we think, can we handle any … Continue reading

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how cookies for chch = love (oodles of it)

a couple of days ago, some christchurch kids now going to school at wanaka primary bypassed the little brown house on an ‘amazing race’ they were doing. and, boy, were they glad they did when they found out they were … Continue reading

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‘putting on a good show’, and the true value of pockets

legacies come in many forms and often the most simple are the most poignant. my parents left me, as did the rest of their generation (c. 1919), with one about ‘good shows’. let me explain. my dad was meticulous about … Continue reading

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