Random and randonnes – Wandering Wakefield

By Guest Blogger 7th Mar 20216th Mar 2021

Hypnotizing Helen

By John Urban

I asked her to keep her eyes focused on the flame as I started passing the lit candle slowly in front of her from side to side…

By Shelly Ann 3rd Jan 20213rd Jan 2021

People enjoy reading blogs for many reasons, mostly because people are interested in people. And when those people are your acquaintances, neighbours or even friends you have yet to meet, all the better.

By Guest Blogger 31st Dec 202030th Dec 2020

New Orleans and the Réveillon Dinner

Two o’clock in the morning may be an odd time to start a feast consisting of chicken and oyster gumbo, game pies, soups, souffles, lavish desserts, brandy and coffee, but this is how it is done.

By Guest Blogger 29th Dec 202029th Dec 2020

A Christmas Memory – Valdivia, Chile 1964

By Lucia Preller
Suddenly, one of the upstairs windows opened up and Agustin told my little brother that they were all in bed. His father had lost his job, so there was no Christmas for them that year..

By Guest Blogger 28th Dec 202028th Dec 2020

North Pole Penguin

A True Story

(it just hasn’t happened yet).

My name is Fenna, best friend and soul mate of Santa Claus

By Guest Blogger 28th Dec 202028th Dec 2020

Uncle John and the Christmas Turkey

By Paula Halpin
I loved Uncle John because he was unconventional – a character. Some in the family considered him a dilletante. But in my eyes, he was a romantic risk-taker

By Shelly Ann 15th Nov 202019th Nov 2020

A little bit of hygge…

‘Hygge is the complete absence of anything annoying or emotionally overwhelming. It’s being surrounded by calm and relaxing things’

By Guest Blogger 20th Sep 202020th Sep 2020

The Second Wave

By Hilary Jocelyn The first wave had been bad enough, as it hit us unexpectedly right out of the blue, turning us thoroughly upside down and sideways. Then, right on … Continue reading The Second Wave