Fish and Chips

Do you ever find yourself looking anew at something so commonplace that you always took it for granted?  It happened to me recently. “Let’s go for fish and chips” I said to Tom, my visiting brother from California.   We walked away from our village, strolled up a road by the church and on to a… Continue reading Fish and Chips

Thanksgiving Week

Have you ever tried to celebrate a festival, dear to your heart, in an environment where no one else is celebrating it?  I thought I was used to it, having lived in countries that didn’t celebrate Christmas. Thanksgiving is always more difficult.  I celebrate it because North American Thanksgivings are the only national holidays I… Continue reading Thanksgiving Week