My heart weeps for the victims of the Boston bombings. Particularly, I cannot throw off my sadness for the Richard parents of that little eight-year-old boy, Martin, who died and their daughter, Jane, whose leg was blown off. Does their unspeakable grief break your heart, too? My sympathy pours out for Bill, the father as […]
To my darling Frenchman, Olivier, If only you were still here dear to see how the garden is continuing to bloom and bring me pleasure. Remember the discussions we had about how we would choose irises and roses to colour the exotic plantings which the landscape designer chose for foliage? Some of the roses have […]
Love is no longer all you need for happiness, the world’s oldest longitudinal study has found. As we age, if we acquire emotional intelligence – the ability to cope with whatever life dishes out – has proven to be a critical factor according to the Grant Study of Adult Development. Findings from the study, which ran […]
Food culture has invaded our Easter celebrations with all the birds roasted for our Sunday feast being filled with stuffings in our family’s stuff-off. The table is set with the best china, Josephine has picked flowers for the table setting, the potatoes are crispy and the three birds, the duck, the turkey and the chicken, […]
American thinker Joseph Campbell once said “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” They are comforting words for a new widow, and a quotation which I intend to recite morning and evening. There have been other really bad […]
We have one life to live and it’s the experience of each moment that matters. Curiosity; serendipity; Whatever words you wish to use; its that desire to find excitement and joy in every day which makes life a lovely adventure. Today, for instance. We are in the right place at the right time driving along the Semaphore foreshore […]
my idea of a superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors
actress Bette Midler
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