Kindness of Strangers
I don’t think I am alone in feeling lost and hopeless, given the news lately. I am specifically speaking about the shootings in Paris. I am generally speaking about fear, hatred, isolation and intolerance. It’s easy to feel both foolish and incredibly naïve if you...
The Light and the Dark Rum
I love a great glass of red wine on a crisp autumn evening. Or the perfect Pimms Cup to celebrate the beginning of summer. It’s so easy to feel ever so elegant with a crisp gin and tonic shaken and served (with fresh lime juice) in a martini glass. And on those...
Uneven Surfaces
They care for you and then, later on, if you are lucky enough to have a Mother Who Grows Old, you return the favour. This is how it is beginning for me. My mother finally took her doctor’s advice and got a shiny new metal hip. This after years of “I’m fine!” but the...