You might say we live quiet lives, spending most of the time outside during the day and quiet evenings at home, taking turns on dinner, reading, surfing or watching TV. We eat well, live active, lots of sleep, drink little. Go to bed, get up and repeat. Continue reading
A cyclone approaches Burma. Now. Currently gathering strength in the northern Indian Ocean it approaches the Bay of Bengal heading for Bangladesh and northwestern Burma, where hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya, displaced by recent ethnic violence, are living in makeshift tents in low-lying areas. This time, the government and the UN relief agencies are making an attempt to move people out of the way, no easy task, perhaps an impossible task. Five years ago, another cyclone, another time, it was a different story entirely. Continue reading
We’ve had ten days of pure summer this month, and this after a terrific April as well. For days and days the sun was shining in clear blue skies and temperatures soared. The beach was hopping and the ice cream kiosks were open. Outdoor living has well and truly begun. Continue reading