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October is Cancer Awareness Month in Bermuda. It was also in October, four years ago, that my husband, Bill, and I flew to Miami to have my first chemotherapy treatment. It was the day before Hurricane Nicole and as I look back, I can clearly see mys...

It was another deliriously lovely Bermuda day in September, when the sky is bluer than the turquoise sea and the late afternoon sun casts a golden hue to the fading day. Soft, airy clouds were scudding across the horizon; a ship vanished beyond sigh...

My dear readers, do you really love the mighty ocean that surrounds us on every side? Do you take time and allow yourself to appreciate the moment the sun blazes forth from the shining sea? No power on earth can reverse that passage to the far side ...

I came back to Bermuda recently after being marooned for over five months in Bali. It was a long, exhausting and dramatic return journey. I took six flights: Bali/Jakarta/Istanbul/Zurich/Dublin/London and finally, Bermuda! I spent 34 hours in the ai...

We all have both good and difficult times in our lives. Sometimes we feel insecure, vulnerable and lost, like a delicate flower open and trembling under the uncaring force of the wind. The words of other people blow through us in gusts. When they are...

I am sure that each of you has met someone who unselfishly helped you for no other reason than the kindness in their soul. I have received so much help from strangers, especially when I first moved from Russia to the United States. I remember every s...

I believe that, regardless of the circumstances, we ourselves choose the roads we follow. We do it every day with our thoughts, desires and actions. Exactly three years ago I did my first “live” broadcast on Facebook. I was finishing radiation treatm...

When I need support or protection, if I am sad and feel lost, when I’m stressed and scared and long for warmth and reassurance, if I want to feel protected and know that I am not alone in this world, I go to my husband, Bill, and hug him tightly for ...

I learnt a long time ago how to quickly rebuild my life whenever plans collapsed suddenly and everything changed — sometimes in an instant. The first reaction is shock, horror, disbelief and panic. I’ve managed to quickly cope with all this. I do no...

When I learnt that DJ Felix was going to run a special music broadcast during Bermuda’s lockdown, I immediately wrote to him: “I want to be in it! I want to cheer my beloved Bermudians up!” He loved the idea, and I went to work. I called my radio pre...