DIY Dignity
Today I have tons to do, but I felt compelled to write about something I saw on TV last night. “DIY SOS: The Big Build” is one of my favourite Continue reading
Family
Crocodiles & Monsters
(Originally written 27 January 2010) The little beach at Villeneuve is a shallow-sloping, pebbly crescent, fringed with weeping willows and embracing the now-glittering warm waters of Lac Leman. Away from Continue reading
Sink Or Swim
Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s also an anniversary. 10/10/10, three years ago exactly, I came back to the UK after a few years living in Switzerland. I returned Continue reading
My Ghost Likes To Travel
One October evening, after finishing an unusually light evening meal, a young American man by the name of Charles gathered up his belongings, kissed his wife and his two young Continue reading
The Possible Scientist
My favourite kind of morning, the kind that makes my soul sing, is a fairly typical autumn one. Bright sunshine, a cloudless sky and that thrilling chill in the air, Continue reading
Identity
I look at my children and can't really see where I end and they begin, such is the all-consuming love and devotion I feel for them. It is a feeling Continue reading
For You, Daddy
Today my father died. Twenty two years ago. During a telephone conversation earlier today, my mother asked me, through tears, if I remembered him; if I remembered her husband. I Continue reading