I should say we – in our household – are not abnormally flippant and shallow. Far from it. Intimidating, many think. We come across as kind...

Porcelain teapots, spiders, difficult people, antiques – what do they have in common? You have to be very, very careful with them all –...

Here’s an odd thing. When I take the sleeping mat away and sleep on plain floor – I mean, I have my quilt wrapped roun...

The Ho’oponopono prayer, which you can see cycling continually at the foot of this blog, is an encapsulation of Christian attitude: “I love...

I have these really hooded eyes. My father’s were the same. I quite like them actually. Our new next door neighbours include two Sharpeis, ...