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82Going Grey Gracefully
There comes a time when one has to accept defeat against the inexorable forces of nature. Mine has come. For more than a decade now I’ve been fighting a losing battle with whichever pigmentation god has...
43 comments65Empathise or Else…
My 81-year-old mother doesn’t trust me to buy vegetables for her. Of all the things she has tried to teach me over the past forty-odd years, apparently that is a skill I have never mastered. I don’t poke...
70 comments72Would You Share Your Diamonds?
If you heard about 13 women who jointly bought a diamond necklace you’d think they were nuts, wouldn’t you? I thought it was a fairy tale too, when I stumbled upon a book called ‘The Necklace’ at the...
74 comments56Who Made Me a Relationship Expert?
I’m agog! Someone on HubPages thinks I have answers to age-old and mystifying questions about the institution of marriage, among other relationship dilemmas. Really, the things this place teaches you! This...
52 comments70Big on Buddies
What I’m about to write is going to seem unremarkable to most people brought up in a different cultural context, perhaps even juvenile. Hear me out though because it has great bearing on the type of person...
45 comments63Before It’s Too Late
Rare is the person who goes through life completely satisfied with the path he’s chosen. It’s human nature to dwell on the ‘what ifs’, and perhaps only the very enlightened will manage to elude the...
45 comments69If Life is a Stage, What am I Doing in the Wings?
I had an epiphany the other day. Not entirely original since the Bard beat me to it when he said ‘All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players…’ You can rely on Shakespeare and...
69 comments62Chocolate with Good Intentions
Most of us eat chocolate with good intentions. We expect it to bring us comfort, satisfaction, and often, almost orgasmic pleasure. Scientists tell us that it also has healing powers, is packed...
51 comments81Are Busybodies Born That Way?
In my earlier journalist avatar I was trained to focus on the Five Ws (and one H) in order to put together a coherent report. However I never allowed that curiosity to spill over into my private life. Who?...
61 comments67Field Marshal or Field Mouse?
It’s interesting the way people see us. Often it has nothing to do with the way we see ourselves. In recent months a friend has been trying to convince me I have fine leadership qualities, and I’ve been...
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