The slug is perhaps one of the most unlikable creatures on the planet, right? But maybe I can change your mind..
Oozing slime from behind; a sticky, nasty goo that won’t wash off! I pick a long one up and it shrinks to half its length but twice its width, now making its self fat and squat. I feel the movement across my fingers and the glue that sticks my fingers…
England, June 2021
It’s our first short train ride in a year, across the viaduct to the next village, for my eighty-six-year-old mother and me. …
Menopause & Men- a Lifestyle Too Hot to Handle…
It’s a melting August day, the hottest time of the year!
This is an apt occasion for relaxing in your garden amongst the sunset orange Black-Eyed Susan's (that’s not your neighbours- I hope!), while sipping a refreshing icy drink from a…
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Nature knows the times and seasons better than modern man.
I'm a Canal Boat Lifestyle Storyteller and I've been thinking about nature versus modern life. Modern man-and wo-man, (this comes as no surprise to me), are said to owe their heredity to a Neanderthal state of archaic human. Modern man takes shelter in his centrally heated home and only awakens…
'It turned out that Amundsen was not only a much better planner than Scott, but he understood that the pacing was the key to coming back alive.'
'The slow tortoise beat the faster hare because the hare was inconsistent in its pacing. Steady wins.' What a great article! I will definitely implement this in my writing. Thanks for sharing Neera.
An honest and humorous story stretching its knicker elastic across four generations…
I sometimes stay at my Mum’s house where during the wash cycle we get our underwear mixed up. I return home to encounter in my bag, a somewhat enormous pair of white knickers, much bigger than my usual size 8–10. …
