Category Archives: Laugh

I never really liked tomatoes until I was 32 years old, moved down to Georgia and ate my first exquisitely ripe tomato. It was there in a funky roadside produce stand that I discovered the beauty of a flavorful tomato; … Continue reading →

A million years ago when it took days (if not weeks) to chase an animal down in your barefeet, kill it with your handmade bow and arrow, eviscerate and butcher it with the shard of shale that one of your … Continue reading →

I wrote briefly about our village’s duck race taking place the day after Easter. I was very excited about this event, expecting to find hundreds of ducks decked out in sporting gear while their owners paced nervously, wringing their hands … Continue reading →

I’ve been intrigued by these signs ever since seeing them tacked up around our village a few weeks ago.Questions ran through my mind like: How do ducks race, exactly? Do they run? Waddle? Swim? Will they sport spritely coloured racing … Continue reading →

I have been having some hearing issues recently. It’s not that I can’t hear (although my husband claims that I often choose not to), it’s that I seem to be hyper sensitive to shrill sounds. Take the constant whining of … Continue reading →

In the space of fifteen years, my husband and I have moved twelve times within three countries and two continents. What I have learned from living in so many different cultures is this one, universal truth: Utility companies, the world over … Continue reading →

‘It has been very cold here… by British standards,’ I said to my husband smugly. But, we have been in parts of the world that have been much colder, I thought to myself.New Hampshire, for one; our first tiny apartment … Continue reading →