It never rains, it pours
When we first came to live in Portugal, skirt hems were on or below the knee, only holidaymakers wore shorts and local men kept their shirts on, even in the
Small pigs, big ideas
At the end of September, Martyn and I collected our new piglets from a neighbour. Last year it seemed quite funny to cart two pigs around in the back of
B-limey, Auntie Jude!
When I was in England last year, updating and upgrading my clinical hypnotherapy and past-life/regression techniques, I caught up with my long-lost nephew, Richard, whom I had last seen when
The November 2004 Night Sky
After several months without any bright planets in the evening sky, we now start to see the majestic planet Saturn rising soon after sunset, low in the east-northeast. This planet
Six guilty in Pitcairn sex trial
Five men have been convicted of a string of sex attacks on the remote British colony of Pacific Island, Pitcairn. The group of men, which includes the island’s Mayor, Steve
Preparing for hibernation
Having said goodbye to the last of our visitors for the time being, we drove home in pleasant silence. Family members have come and gone since the beginning of September
Park a car, rent a car
I recently went to Madeira for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Beautiful place, friendly people, everywhere clean and tidy – you see how people judge a place they
Sauerkraut, crumpet or croissant
A friend commented last week on the drop in standards she experienced during her recent flight with BA and how rudely she was treated at French customs. The last time
Say no to bulging backpacks
I remember the incident well… I was lining up for class after a wet school lunch hour, when one of the school ‘nerds’, shuffling along on his way to class
Actor Christopher Reeve dies at 52
Film legend Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and 80s, has died. The 52-year-old actor had been suffering from an infection as a result of a