Oh, how we laughed, with bitter tears we laughed. As the ship ran onto the rocks we stared at the captain and crew. What did they know that led them to grind over the rocks, reversing into the sea beyond? Did they not know or care that the ship could sink? Why did they drive…

I just ordered some dahlia tubers (see the end of this article for what I bought and why). Up to now I have never needed to grow them because I can go to the market and get the cut flowers to photograph. But the appeal of growing dahlias – despite or because of the supposed…

Bereavement is a hard word, one we don’t want to be familiar with, with its connotations of immense sadness. Sometimes bereavement comes with a long and painful introduction. And sometimes it comes suddenly. The word itself comes from the Old English word bereafian, which means to take away violently, to seize or to rob. Of…