The happiest moment of my life occurred on the day I held in my hands the golden ticket, the winning...
The silence in that room had a warmth to it. It was the kind of silence which could only exist...
June 18, 2021 – from The Croft in Boyne City, Michigan My check engine light came on last night while...
You know what I intend to do today? Sit in my balcony all afternoon. Summer is formally another two weeks...
They say you never forget your first time. Mine was so painfully embarrassing that it’s difficult to write about. In...
In 1893 the city of Chicago celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival with the World’s Columbian Exposition. I have...
Sometimes I feel like I’m a member of the last well-mannered generation—that is, the last generation to know swift discipline....
There’s a certain point you get to, in middle age or thereabouts, where you start asking yourself questions about times...
My mother never liked the tawdry light post that stands in the middle of our front yard. Its awkward and...
Clare was exactly what you’d expect a retired ward sister to be. Brisk, matter of fact and organised to a...
Graveyards are memory places. Rural graveyards, in particular, with their shades of grey and green. There is a mossy feel...
One of the first actions the British Government took after their withdrawal from the EU on the 1st January was...