Owner’s pet
I have this theory that all dog owners resemble their pets. If you don’t believe me, take a moment, look around, and check for yourselves. Very soon you will find
Small talk
I can not say whether it is my advancing years or my insufficiently powerful vocal cords, but I do not seem to enjoy making small talk anymore. In fact, even
A kind of hunch
If one is relocating to Portugal, the first thing one must do is purchase a drill machine along with a tool kit, and the second thing one should do is
Pearls of wisdom
As soon as I entered the plush interiors of the dental clinic in Lourinhã – our dinosaur town on the Silver Coast of Portugal – the first thing that caught
Silent treatment
Have you noticed how we, the female of the species, are made to carry a lot of unwanted baggage? From time immemorial, we have been tagged with labels that are
Circle of life
I have often wondered, apart from ‘motherhood’ and ‘fatherhood’, why is there no such term as ‘daughterhood’? Or for that matter, even ‘sonhood’? Given a choice, I would describe ‘daughterhood’
Battle of the Bulge
This morning I woke up feeling overweight. I knew I had gained weight because even my footsteps sounded heavy. Thwap-thwap they went, instead of swish-swish. “Do you think I am
Pain in the neck
One has to suffer from pain in the neck to understand a pain in the neck. I mean, there is no simpler way of describing it, other than inflicting it