When the Woman I Called Grandma Died

Survivors Included the Little Mexican Girl She Couldn’t Love

My “Good Time Charlie”

A Love Story

A Lobster May Live 100 Years, Grow to 5 Feet, and Weigh as Much as 45 pounds!

Intimate Strangers

I’ve been a collector of objects for a very long time. It’s more than that though. Aside from the object being beautiful, or…

Peace on Earth

Can It Be, and If So, Where Does It Begin?

Spiritual Community

Big Pharma & Other Tales Of Woe

Most people thought of her as a witch. She lived in the forest and people came to see her for cures and…

Saffron- or The Invention of the Pressure Cooker

This is a story from Samosas & Ale (Amazon). The book is available for free download from Friday 9th August for 5 days only.

Sher Khan never used hackneyed recipes, but invented his own. He used herbs hitherto thought to…

A Tissue for Tabatha

“… your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.” *

Spreading the Love on Medium

The Love of a Good Story, Well Told, that made me smile

Humour in Adversity

The Brits have a good sense of humour, but they often claim that they are the only ones. It is true that in adversity they…