Eight months ago my daughter moved in with me, taking a semester off to recover from depression, anxiety and a host of other problems. She
Category: a woman’s strength
The Weavers of Darjeeling
The preservation and sometimes restoration of old print photographs is important to me, not just because it is a way of keeping in touch with
Can I Say “Yes” More?
Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel are not my favourite actors, but that is simply because I am not a great fan of comedy. These two
The Travelling Pearls
There is an unwritten golden rule that no self-respecting Filipina should ever be without pearls. My mother never observed this rule for herself, but was
The Heatwave Returns
I am not one to go into a dissertation on climate change and environmental lobbying, but the recent drastic weather changes here in Europe are
The Demise of Elegant Statesmanship
Gone are the days of elegant statesmanship of Margaret Thatcher, Winston. Churchill, Michail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela, and Barack Obama. They held the national interests in
