I know, I know, this is SUCH a trivial problem it seems insensitive to blog about it. The pandemic is killing thousands of people a day, wreaking economic havoc around the world, and I’m bitching about this. On the other […]
You’re not going to like this suggestion, but I’m going to say it anyway. Try switching off your mobile and disconnecting your computer for 24 hours. “Impossible!” I hear you say, but I assure you that it is possible and […]
Throughout this pandemic and confinement, I’ve been waking up to bad news pretty much every day. Usually it has to do with death, disease, U.S. government incompetency, or some other coronavirus-related nightmare. The thing is, I receive these horror shows […]
I too have turned my hand to bread baking during this unsettling time. It’s something I haven’t done on a regular basis since the Challenger exploded. At that time I was on a self-imposed lockdown in a snowbound Connecticut farmhouse […]
My 93-year-old mother sent me these pictures the other day. Apparently, they’ve been circulating lately in cyberspace. A while ago she begged me to read and edit her autobiography, which includes excerpts from her own mother’s diary. Seeing these pics […]
Unlike the French, who have an academy to maintain the purity of their language, we English speakers have no such institution, nor do we desire one. We delight in moving words between parts of speech, and with open arms we […]
So I am in lockdown with a teenager. You should have a little bit of background history here. She is almost 16, but I have been separated from her father for most of her life. She lives with me, rushing […]
A few more drawings of the lovely birds in my terrace… All drawings are coloured pencil and ink. Here is that pigeon I have to start on! (All originals and prints are available through author’s website. She is also happy to […]
As I sit drinking my morning coffee I am lucky to be able to watch birds come into my terrace to feed on bread crumbs we put out for them. They are your regular garden birds but all so pretty […]
Fourteen-year-old Amaia Bacaicoa Jones from San Sebastian has been keeping occupied during the lockdown by taking photos.
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