San Francisco was gloomy and rainy for most of the two weeks I was there visiting my family.
On those grey days, I tried to recognise precious moments as if I were collecting dark red cherries during...
My favourite view of Bermuda is from the air.
When I take off or land I feel a deep thrill as the endless canvas of the blue ocean stretches before me and, flung across it, the glittering chain of ou...
The night the wind howled through the ancient trees of Tao Garden nestled in the green mountains of Northern Thailand, Bill and I lay awake listening – to it and the rain. The air was spiced with the ...
Five years ago I started a new column, Life Begins at 50, here in The Royal Gazette. During the ensuing years I have written almost 200 articles.
These articles in my column became a vital channel for...
Last Sunday, nature balanced the storm of devastating news with a peaceful and serene day.
The sea rested after weeks of wind. The strong currents that still lingered from the passing of Hurricane La...
Bermuda summer clouds!
I fell in love with them one June twilight long ago, when I first came to Bermuda.
For me, these magnificent clouds, piled high to the heavens, tinged and shaded with every co...
It was 6.45am. I was standing in Astwood Park on the edge of a rugged stone slab shaped by thousands of years of ocean winds. I was practicing Qigong movement meditation and gazing at the ocean rollin...
What is it to take a picture? Often, it is an attempt to capture a memory, an important moment, or perhaps, just something fun. More often these days it is to freeze in time a vision of ourselves, a...
Yesterday, I rang the bell of our front door.
My husband Bill opened it and looked down at my feet. He jumped aside as I rolled a big watermelon with my toes into our living room. Bill’s face was the...
One of the most profound changes that happened to me here in Bermuda was forging a deep and strong connection with the ocean surrounding us – I went from an attitude of taking, to one of protecting.
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