This collection reflects the wonders of lives lived in a time when the world around us is changing rapidly. This short anthology is made up of poems about: The workload of women, Katherine Mansfield, Cats, Wine, Writing, Gardening, War, Loss, Grief, Sport, Art Deco, Emigration, Environmental issues, Pregnancy and Labour, Ancestry, Domestic Abuse, The practical versus the Aesthetic, and the art of laundry.