The hollow sound of a broken heart
The text message was long and detailed, and caught me by surprise on Saturday morning, right when I woke up. A childhood friend who lives in Italy was letting me know her companion of 20 years had...
View ArticleNew old friends
Last night my husband and I had dinner with a lovely couple I had never met before. The wife is a doctor and researcher, a few years younger than me, and a kindred spirit: a scientist bound to the...
View ArticleTo me, fair friend, you never can be old*
Macaque monkeys in Hokkaido do it. Form friendships that is: they place a value on forming small communities, helping each other out and spending time together. Anthropologically, the desire to form...
View ArticleModern family
“Does this make me look fat? Do I look tired?” my baby sister has barely set foot in my house and I am already fielding a barrage of questions on the topic of her appearance. We haven’t seen each other...
View Article(5) Things we love…#26
Men after our hearts – Sofagirl once told me she had met Clive Owen and she wouldn’t have minded further deepening their acquaintance (not her actual choice of words). I will confess I started watching...
View ArticleThought for the week…#202
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. J.K. Rowling
View ArticlePat on the back
Facebook has a funny way of making one collide with the past. It has a habit of dredging up, from the murkiness of days gone by, people who lay dormantRead morePat on the back
View ArticleThought for the week..#257
Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takesRead moreThought for the week..#257
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