Ridden in a cable car?I rode the cable car from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island in NYC to have dinner with work friends, back when I travelled down the east coast of America some 40 years ago. Despite being so close to 24-hour-on-the-go Manhattan, Roosevelt Island was such an oasis of calm that the experience has stayed with... Continue Reading →

So many books, so little time. Nevertheless, we can still eke out ways to talk about them... can't we? 🙂 What's your favourite book from childhood?The availability of classic children's books was decidedly limited during my early years, so it's pretty much Enid Blyton. I'm going to cheat a bit and nominate a series called... Continue Reading →

... or let's talk about podcasts 🙂 I don't tend to cast around for things to do, or things to listen to while I do other things, but I did suggest to Himself that he listen to podcasts during the day while he drives. Much to my surprise, he's taken to them like the metaphorical... Continue Reading →

While "home" at the time was Bangladesh, where my father was working, we children were at boarding school in the UK. We had an agreement with my parents that they would not book us on two particular airlines: Aeroflot (because of their dire safety record) and Bangladesh Biman (because even their own nationals were decidedly... Continue Reading →

I was talking to my Osteopath recently and she spoke of how she spent her days during the pandemic's lockdown. She walked barefoot on the grass and swam in the sea every day, read stacks and stacks of books, ate when she felt hungry rather than according to a meal time schedule, was not governed... Continue Reading →