Opinion

I was told early in life that a stitch in time saves nine. But to my utter and complete dismay, whenever the time comes for me to rescue those very

“Why didn’t I think of that?” is a question I’ve beaten myself up asking many times in this odd new off-grid life when the latest thing to go wrong has

Each New Year, positivity reigns as people make resolutions to change or improve their lives. The internet is full of quotes to inspire and encourage us and many are attributed

Well, we’re safely past ‘Blue Monday’, that worst of all days in the year when a perfect storm of factors come together to make our lives a misery. It turns

I don’t know whether it is to do with my advancing years or my utter lack of worldliness, but happy people tire me these days. Lately, there is nothing more

When I first thought about moving to Portugal, it was to the interior, creating a new life away from the rat race, renovating a neglected property as well as myself

Starman David Bowie was perhaps the most iconic individual pop star of all time. Sadly taken from this world way too early at the age of 69 in 2016, his

Mercusion is innovating the fashion industry by using organic and recycled materials Sarah Duemmel was born in East Germany, but it is in Praia da Luz that she spends her

‘Tis the season to make New Year’s resolutions. As my regular reader already knows, good ol’Pat has made it a helpful tradition to suggest resolutions for others as well as