Someone asked me, 'What's the point of reading fiction?' Slightly gob-smacked that this would come from someone I know, I blurted the first thing that popped into my head: It teaches us things about the world. (Lame, I know, but remember I was in shock.) 'Oh yeah,'...
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Grow your own…
The other day I was doing a little channel surfing. For those of you who immediately think, Why not read a book instead?, I'll just say one word: research. (I challenge you to prove otherwise.) I drifted into a science show by mistake and saw something quite...
A funny old week…
It's been a funny old week. I went to do a little early (or late, if you're my sister) Christmas shopping. The machine refused my credit card. We tried three times but...na da. I couldn't understand it. Just two nights previous The Old Boy handed the card to me and...
The mighty pen.
Right now a 14 year old girl is fighting for her life in a hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She was shot in the head and neck by members of the Taliban, for daring to encourage other young girls to get an education. They ambushed her as she walked home from school....
Dream a little dream of me.
It's been a number of years since my parents died: nearly ten for my dad and about three for my mother. I've read a plethora of stories about people seeing their loved ones in a dream, shortly after their passing. In the dream the departed person reassures the...
The “let go” basket.
While on holiday, recently, I read Debra Adelaide's novel, The Household Guide to Dying (Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2008). What a wonderful book! Some of you may be wondering: what's she doing reading something so gloomy? A few years ago, I spent a short time in another...
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