When I've reached a grand old age and, like any self-respecting old lady, I am surrounded by an army of cats, I will look back over my life, and remember the following things: living in
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Reinvention, Promotion, and a Whole Load of Summer Travel
If you have read my blog for some time, you may have noticed that I have been absent for a while. On the other hand, maybe, you have not. Either way, it has been five
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Heartbreak and Healing in the Holy Land
"May I have your passport, please?" asked the man at the hotel's dingy reception desk. "Certainly." Smiling brightly, I handed it over. "And the other one?", he asked. "Um, there is no other one. It's just
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How A Back Injury Made Me Reassess My Priorities
Last Friday evening I collapsed in my bathroom as I was about to take a shower. Just like that: I twisted slightly to one side and fell straight down like one of those controlled demolitions,
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Life Advice From ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’
**Warning** This post contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty turn off the computer right now, go and see it, and come back later. From the first moment I
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Too Afraid To Seize The Day
This is a post that has been languishing in my drafts folder for four months. I have simply been too afraid to post it, because if I post it I have to commit to the
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