It’s just like a book club, only there’s no book and no club.
The neighbours called to say there was something odd going on. The old house, a dilapidated bungalow, was slated for demolition. Hoardings were up and there was no question that the place was unoccupied. Nevertheless… Read More »NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
When was the last time you saw a snake? When I was a kid there were two types of wildlife. The type you hoped for on a Saturday night, and the type you routinely encountered… Read More »WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE … AND AREN’T
It would appear that we’re heading back to the office. It won’t happen all at once, but slowly, very slowly, our office wardrobes are going to switch over from Crocs and sweatpants to heels and… Read More »OFFICE ROMANCES
We never had this conversation. Ask me about this in the years to come, I’ll deny it. I’ll squinch up my nose, cock my head and say, “Wherever did you get that idea?!” “That oh-so… Read More »CRINGE-WORTHY
We are always looking for reinvention. To march off the edge of our own maps; to ascend summits of our own imaginings. There comes a moment in most lives, when we seek a different expression… Read More »UP AND AT ‘EM?
I didn’t get the name I wanted. I wanted to be Annette. Or Tuesday. Or Dixie. Instead I got Jane. It’s a porridge name. It wasn’t sibilant – meaning sizzling and sexy. It wasn’t mellifluous… Read More »NAMING RIGHTS … AND WRONGS
So, who’s your hall pass? Come on; you know what a hall pass is. If a chiffon-clad, champagne-bearing, Claudia Shiffer were to descend from the heavens and crook a finger … well? This is what… Read More »CELEBRITY CRUSH
A new year is always freighted with reproach as well as aspiration. It appears that this may have been intentional. January takes its name from the two faced Roman god, Janus, who was able to… Read More »DRY JANUARY
Ahhhh … luxury! Does your pulse quicken in the presence of a fine automobile? Perhaps your heart desires a purse so celebrated that it has its own name? Maybe you crave something that floats? First… Read More »OBJECTS OF DESIRE
No one has to tell you. You just know it. You hear it before you see it. Even before you open your eyes, you can sense the swaddled landscape. Brightness seeps in through the drapery.… Read More »SNOW!