I’m starting to grieve the idea of going back to normal. Not that I think ‘normal’—meaning the way […]
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The truth is, we’re going to come through this four-week period of social isolation with flying colours, because, […]
Yes, I felt an overwhelming wave of melancholy as PM Jacinda Ardern The Magnificent announced, in suitably serious […]
Yes, I’ve heard the question asked repeatedly over recent days and it’s one that I want to have […]
I finally ventured out today. It’s hard to accept how much the world has changed in such a […]
My daughter (the second of four) asked me today whether I was afraid—of the coronavirus and the devastating […]
Our last coffee was had beneath the gaze of Mary, mother of Jesus, on December 17, 2018, some […]
One of the downsides, and there are many, of spending three months indoors writing books all day and […]
It’s been months since Darlene died, and yet when I come across her words, such as those lingering […]
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