Like many cities, Wellington empties out during the Merryneum.

They say the first casualty of war is truth.

I love Christmas, but my favourite week of the year is this one, between Christmas and New Year.

In the face of increasing complexity in medicine, with a boom in technologies allowing more and more detailed investigations  of patients, there has also been a commonsense swing in the direction of a more holistic approach to patient assessment.

Found out during my annual credentialing meeting with my boss this morning that there have been complaints about my editorials in our departmental newsletter.

Watching a Dutch Xmas film on Netflix

Can I show you the sort of crap we mature women are up against?

Apparently not. My daughter has just been turned down for the course she applied for.

Our microwave is fabulous.

I watch all the festive season movies so you don’t have to!