by Juliet Batten | 25, Oct, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
I was surprised. She didn’t want to be Persephone in the school play. I thought all the girls would have lusted after the part of the maiden, dancing with her friends amidst the spring flowers, her head crowned with a ring of blossoms. But not... 
by Juliet Batten | 27, Oct, 2022 | Seasons Newsletter
I was surprised. She didn’t want to be Persephone in the school play. I thought all the girls would have lusted after the part of the maiden, dancing with her friends amidst the spring flowers, her head crowned with a ring of blossoms. But not 11-year-old... 
by Juliet Batten | 12, Nov, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
Their wings beat non-stop as they fly across the Pacific, leaving behind the cold of Alaska and landing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Spring is the season for the return of the kuaka (godwits). They may now be seen on sandbanks and estuaries along the coast...