Local Community Life Lifts the Sad Spirit
The first rule for travelling with grief (because it is impossible to shrug off the process) is to get out of the house regularly. Friends have been fabulous taking me to small social events, but it...
View ArticleMy new grand-daughter
Joyful news at last! On July 26, a new grand-daughter was born to great excitement and I share this amazing family event in two articles – Sweet Scarlett Sweeps Sadness Aside and an emotional piece...
View ArticleSweet Scarlett Rose sweeps sadness aside
Joy of Joys! I am a grandmother again because today my daughter-in-law Vanessa gave birth to a daughter, making my son, Tyson, a first-time father. Our happiness at this safe delivery of Scarlett...
View ArticleScuttlebutt and sexism spices up French politics
France’s First Lady, Valerie Trierweiler has vowed to count to 10 before posting anymore tweets following the fallout when she sent a twitter which ruined the political chances of her rival, the French...
View ArticleFizzy DSK drink shameful
Things are lurching from bad to worse in France with news that a fizzy drink with so-called aphrodisiac qualities has been launched under the initials of disgraced International Monetary Fund boss...
View ArticleSweden swings and Germany surprises
Intrepid world traveller Heather Caddick writes from Sweden, where her family now lives. “We are all steaming along and loving the Swedish summer, where intrepid Swedes have dumped tons of white sand...
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