We often focus on the now, and so we should endeavour, but I’m also fascinated by the afterglow. We hold in our hearts those embers of memory, people and place, sense and sensation and times lost awash in an ocean of experience to rest on…
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My dog Woofer is almost 14. When I first held him at a puppy, he fit into my cupped together hands. I held him this way against my chest at just a few months old. Now he occupies most of my lap and all of…
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If you’ve read my previous articles you will be in no doubt that The Czech Republic is a land of deliciousness. There were so many things that I loved eating in Prague and beyond. I want to share my top 12 must try Czech dishes.…
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There is popcorn available at an extortionate price in the lobby. Please turn off your phones before the start! Unless you are reading this with your phone, so in that case please leave it on. If you feel something sticky under your seat or on…
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Everything you want to know about Czech Food but were afraid to ask! Maybe you’re planning to travel to the rather wonderful Czech Republic? Maybe you’re just a glutton who is hungry to learn about food as well as being hungry to eat some? Maybe…
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The Answer is always yes? ““Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails.…
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My romance with the food of Asia started Long ago but it’s when I travelled in South East Asia that I fell in love with the cuisine and especially with Thai food who I am currently in a delicious relationship with. As a fan of…
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I am going to tell you a shaggy dog story. Have you heard this expression? It’s an English idiom meaning “a long story that is intended to be amusing and that has an intentionally silly or meaningless ending.” Well, this is ( probably… hopefully? ) not one…
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A dream of spring & baked goods from Arome Bakery. Autumn and her frostier sister, winter, are seasons I very much enjoy. I like the cool cosy days of subtle colours and soft eggshell shadows. I like the stormy days when the rain tip taps…
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“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” – George Eliot The future beckons. We brush away the dust and detritus of the old year and walk towards a hopeful new chapter. We stepped across the threshold with hope in our heart…
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Travel to Laos A few years back I travelled to Laos. There are a few ways to travel to Laos. You can fly smoothly in a few hours or you can bump along in a bus but I chose the most romantic way. I sailed…
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ROLL UP. ROLL UP, ladies and gentleman! Do not be afraid, not yet… at least. Welcome to this strange and unusual, creepy and kooky, the utterly spooky, Travels with my Belly guide to Halloween in London. Let me guide you around some of the best…
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