The unusual weather in the northeast of America has brought to mind an anecdote from 1996. I had been living in America, New York, for three years and fell absolutely in love with the place. However, having never truly experienced “real” snow, originally from the south of England, I wasn’t prepared for the onslaught that winter. With snow up to… (more…)
It’s that time of year and despite getting a little older, the thrill of the Halloween anecdote just doesn’t go away! This year we are in Espana or Spain to our native English readers and the weather is just glorious. It has proved to be a great move and as the Spanish just love to party with many an anecdote… (more…)
Since moving back to the UK, my palate has been re-awakened to a plethora of fresh fruits and vegetables at shockingly low prices. It’s not that the quality of produce in the USA was bad, it’s just that Spain is a hop skip and a jump away and their tomatoes are amongst the best I have ever tasted. The bananas,… (more…)
Today’s Word of the Week has another personal anecdote attached to it. Earlier this week I placed a rather terse and accusatory post on one of my social networking sites. It wasn’t pretty I can assure you. I had felt slighted and a bit put off by the direction of the site that has been going downhill for a while.… (more…)