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A WINTER OF DISCONTENT
I have been pondering the results of the recent presidential election, as you have too. The talk at the dinner table often withers away...


TOMORROW CREEPS IN ITS PETTY PACE
It's one o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, the 4th of November, the day before the national election. I am as troubled and sleepless as...


A DIARY OF WINTER
The cold came in silent as an owl. The fences stared out at the clenched landscape with gaping eyes, unlocked gates, a path already...


INTERPRETING YOUTUBE
YouTube is full of mini-documentaries on how other animals express love for one another, and remember the kindness paid to them by human...


AT SEA ON THE QUEEN MARY TWO
AT SEA ON THE QUEEN MARY 2 I recall sitting down before a large portal on one of the lower decks of the ship I was travelling on to...


Sailing the Seas of Memory
Five days into our sea voyage and we are in a hazy, slightly coolish mid-day. It's another day and a half before we slow down and head...
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