Thrifty Word Challenge 100 #94: & 50 Words #115: Loss — Who remembers life before emails? If you don’t, you were probably born post-1995. I can remember the first time I used electronic mail — oh, the novelty — it was 1988 and I was working in the newsroom of the British broadcasting Corporation (BBC). We were able to send messages…

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #93 and Fifty Words #114: Happy Birthday —

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #90 and Fifty Words #111: Thinking — One of the most useful things I learnt in mindfulness training is that thoughts are mental events and that we have a choice whether we get on board with them or not. …

Thrifty 100 Word Challenge #88 & Fifty Words #109: Celebration — It’s the most wonderful time of the year, so the saying goes. I have to say, it’s not feeling particularly wonderful at the moment. One of our team has received a positive biopsy, and has no idea what lies ahead now. Plus I have lost three friends this year —…

The problem with looking at only one side of history — I want make clear at the get go that I am not from the United States of America, though my parents lived there from 1981, and my dad still does. I have visited many times so I have many impressions about the United States, as well as an O’level in…

Fifty Word Challenge #114: Happy Birthday —

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #93: Happy Birthday —

Hardly anything can compete with my soup — I was making my world famous sweet potato and leek soup for lunch, when he entered the kitchen — stark naked! Naturally, I screamed. “What the hell are you doing? The neighbours will see you.” He smirked, sauntered over to the fridge and took out a bottle of milk. “Don’t…

He lived an authentic and passionate life. —