A brush with anger and paint
A brush with anger and paint
In a fit of artistic expression, Lisa Scott gets in touch with her angry side.
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Time waits for no-one
Time waits for no-one
The world is split into the chronically late and the dictatorially time-observant - two personality types destined to fraught coexistence, Lisa Scott writes.
Things are stink and getting stinker
Things are stink and getting stinker
The robots haven't yet taken over, but the heartless seem to be in power, Lisa Scott writes.
A pledge to make better choices
A pledge to make better choices
Lisa Scott is wearing nothing until she finds out where it came from.
Pooh-poohing the idea of freedom camping
Pooh-poohing the idea of freedom camping
Freedom campers are a blight on our country and a law change is needed, Lisa Scott writes.
Robes of passage
Robes of passage
There are occasions when dressing up is to everyone's fancy, Lisa Scott discovers.
Just go - see an albatross
Just go - see an albatross
Life's too short to miss what's on our doorstep, writes Lisa Scott.
Kicked out of the US: 33 hours of hell
Kicked out of the US: 33 hours of hell
Jail time courtesy of United States Homeland Security was not on Otago Daily Times columnist Lisa Scott's radar as she journeyed to the Home of the Free. Regular readers of her column in The Weekend Mix, ''Tales from the Powder Room'', know of the difficulties Lisa and her partner, the economist, have encountered securing a visa for his sabbatical in the US. Well, those inconveniences were nothing compared with the reality of US border security. From the safety of a plane home, Lisa recounts the full story.
Goa seems to have stopped
Goa seems to have stopped
Its 1970s hippie culture has faded but Goa is steeped in history. Odt columnist Lisa Scott immerses herself in the former Portuguese territory's sights, sounds and smells in this extract from her new book, Travels with my Economist.
When on holiday
When on holiday
It's not tourist season. The skeleton staff at our accommodation consists of two wide boys, two shy ladies and a baby. Monsoons batter the beach, whipping the sea into a raging, frothing, pounding monster chomping at the sand dunes.
Flying into sausage central
Flying into sausage central
By the time you read this I will be a wiener.
Best day of your life: Lisa Scott
Best day of your life: Lisa Scott
Summer Times asked 12 Otago people to describe the best day of their lives. (To ensure variety, we ruled out the day contributors met their partners, married them, or their children were born.)
Now Mum's a duchess, am I top drawer?
Now Mum's a duchess, am I top drawer?
Discretion may well be the better part of valour, but Scott women, along with driving and pretending to like people we don't, find it hard to keep a secret.
A decade on, and love is still in the air
A decade on, and love is still in the air
Despite all the running, the pole dancing and now yoga, I'm too happy to be thin.
Election year: last have our own party
Election year: last have our own party
When I was growing up, my family never talked about money, religion or politics.
Finally, it adds up for the economist
Finally, it adds up for the economist
Imagine being an economist is a little bit like being Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Rattling around the Overlook Hotel, writing "all work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy", over and over on the walls. Red rum. Red rum.
Affirmative action opens up the options
Affirmative action opens up the options
This year, my New Year's Resolution was to say Yes - to everything. No matter what the universe sent my way, I'd say "yes" to it. Highlights thus far including playing a corpse, pole dancing, and learning to love the skinny.
Fatness - I will not go gently into that big nightie
Fatness - I will not go gently into that big nightie
Feeling a little overweight? Never fear, you are not alone. Lisa Scott muses on "body dysmorphia" and her "invisible lard overcoat".
Cousin CT is a living, sagging work of art
Cousin CT is a living, sagging work of art
Cousin Thorkild hails from Denmark.
A slippery catastrophe on the deck
A slippery catastrophe on the deck
Siamese cats have notoriously weak stomachs.