Groundhog Day is upon us and all I can say is that furry little rodent better not see his shadow or I’m going to whip me up a batch of hog stew.  Pretty strong words, especially coming from a vegetarian.  Of course I’m bluffing.  It would hardly be right to kill the messenger.  Especially [...]

Why is it we can hear a song we haven’t even thought about for 30 years and instantly recall every single word, but can’t remember where we set our keys five minutes ago?  Those of you who have song banks going back three decades will probably remember a sitcom called Taxi that aired from 1978 [...]

When something has been part of your landscape all your life it’s easy to take it for granted.  I think that’s one of the reasons we have children; so we can see the world all over again through fresh eyes.  It’s also a good reason to have friends from Australia fly over to spend Christmas [...]

I’ve been thinking about grapes with their tight smooth skin and plump juicy beauty.  Artists fill classrooms just to gaze upon their loveliness.  These budding paparazzi of the fruit world labour with brush and palette to capture the grape on canvas as it drips seductively over the edge of a cut crystal bowl.  Oh, it [...]