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Travel Encounters Of The Surprising Kind

Two interesting and unique interactions with young women on my recent trips to India - why travel enriches us

Of Careers, Community and Finding Our Place in the World

When the wheel of time turns and puts you on the opposite side from where you once stood, it’s time for a rethink.

Start The Year With Three Fine Books Featuring Animals

Whether or not you are an animal lover, pick up these three wonderful books, about a traveling cat, a cute penguin and a smart octopus

Starting The Year With a Reunion

2024 started with a special reunion that connected the special women who had bravely shared their life after divorce story on my podcast

Personal Experience of Collective History

How does art affect us? How does a place impact who we are? It took a visit to an exhibition to drive home the connection between the two

Reading Summary For 2023

A summary of the books I read in 2023 - fiction, non-fiction and of course, books that deserve a special mention

Doing vs Documenting

Sometimes life is like a gushing, churning river that demands all your attention with no times to write about it until later

Sunrise, Sunset And A Ballet Under The Full Moon

Why travel makes me appreciate the beauty of the natural and the manmade world that we ignore on other days

Marking An Anniversary of An Auspicious Beginning

It's two years since my memoir Rewriting My Happily Ever After was launched. Some thoughts on this anniversary

Book Review – Born A Crime By Trevor Noah

If you read just one memoir this year, read Trevor Noah's Born a Crime - Stories from a South African childhood - you won't regret it