Your Pillow. Your Pillow. What if it could talk? What would it say to you? And how about you. If you had one word for it, what would it be? Every single moment of day or night, it’s there, patiently waiting for […]
Antonella De Santis, Gambero Rosso I read an article by Antonella De Santis, Gambero Rosso, of 19 May 2024 titled: “Le cucine dell’Africa non interessano, l’Italia è razzista” “African cuisines are of no interest, Italy is racist” Reading this article, I couldn’t […]
This book explores themes of family, identity, and secrecy. Christina and Josef are parents to two children, Hallie and Nathaniel, who were conceived through unconventional means. They carry the burden of that secret. The book delves into the emotional complexities of […]
https://youtu.be/z23RVqG0mTA?si=l25HB2Y-rPkQWH6- What food do you eat in Africa? They ask. Are you African? How many times have you heard that question? How did you react or what answer did you give in that regard? I was once seated in a coffee […]
https://youtu.be/Gc7x_m7JXu0 Anger as a Buffer…what it’s like not to have a sister Using anger as a buffer. I have two sisters, Elizabeth, and Jean; our firstborn, Christina, aka, Cissy, died over 3 decades ago, at the age of only 31. My sisters […]
ALLO! A British person called an Italian ticketing office. “Allo,” said the Italian person, listening in on the call. “Ok, sir, Oldon(Hold on.)” “What do you mean all done? I haven’t given my details yet,” the British person complained. “Oldon, please,” “No, […]
How I Lost All My Four Cats Spikey “Mum, can we please keep this cat? Please, please, let’s keep it,” Giorgia, the younger of my two daughters by then seven years old, cried out. Our neighbour’s cat had just given birth to […]
What’s that smell? I wondered, holding my breath and opening my previously closed eyes. No, it can’t be. Here? In this place? I mean, look where I am. And yet it smells like… No matter where you are, and for whatever reason, every […]
I spent some time in Venezuela right at the beginning of a bad to worse economic period in the country; thus low-to no supplies of simple daily needs like sugar, salt, flour, toilet paper, and stuff. Supermarket shelves were starting to go […]
The Happiest Place…and the City of Three Questions Having previously been, three times, to its almost always over-cast, and chilled capital city, and other cities around the country, I was not surprised when it was named the happiest place in the world in […]