The Red Cross

and why I donate Alexandria, Egypt.  The fear had been building up for perhaps a month.  Suddenly we were called together and packed away into a hot empty school building.   The Egyptian police begged us not to leave the premises. They were protecting us from their own people. Those caring for us here were… Continue reading The Red Cross

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