A Conversation with Joy Cowley
One of New Zealand’s most-prolific and most-loved children’s authors, Joy Cowley, recently chatted with Grapevine ...
Sleep Sense
How to catch those elusive zzzzzz
We all know how tricky and elusive sleep can be. Even when we’re just about dead-on-our-feet with fatigue, sleep doesn’t necessarily romp up like a puppy when called. It won’t be rushed, urged, forced or rescheduled …
And we all know what it’s like dragging ourselves through a long, tough day after a badly-broken night. (Never mind a string of ‘em!) Sleep. It’s one of the few things that unites us. We all need it. We all do it. And oh-so-many of us wish we could do it better, right? So, it was with real interest that we saw a new book come across the desk … ‘SLEEP SENSE’ by Dr Katharina Lederle, MSc, PhD.
Issue 3 2018
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Dads can do anything!
Nine qualities kids need in a father
IT'S TOUGH BEING A FATHER. Ultra tough. Let’s face it: few assignments are as dangerous, expensive or painful. And ...
Gypsy Life
All good things must come to an end
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Home Sweet Home
How to annoy yourself
HOWEVER IRRITATING OTHER people are, no-one has the power to annoy you faster or more intensely than yourself. ...
Going Places
Flamenco fun in Barcelona
Her hair was pulled back tight. Her face looked for all the world like she was being tortured. Urged on by the ...
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Once upon a flying toboggan
UNLIKE MY GRANDKIDS, I’m not into winter sports. Skiing scares me, and snowboarding could kill me, I know. But ...