What is your favorite type of weather? I love the sun as much as the next person, but humid heat drains my energy. I went to Italy in the early 1990s and it was a dry heat, that was much better. Still tiring, but it’s perspiring that I can’t stand. I’m also lucky in thatContinueContinue reading “Not Hot”
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Iftikhar Malik
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I went to university at the age of 39. an age when most adults pretty much think they have life worked out. I discovered that I didn’t. It was a wonderful, rejuvenating, experience. My world opened up, I learned of things I didn’t even know I didn’t know.ContinueContinue reading “Iftikhar Malik”
Smile
What do you wish you could do more every day? I’d like to have more fun. I seem to have lost my way, or has society changed? It’s hard to tell. In the UK we’ve never been more isolationist and anti social than we are now, post covid. You’ll probably have heard the idea thatContinueContinue reading “Smile”
Ugh
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I would never have a tattoo. My uncle had them when he was young and over the years I saw them fade. Maybe they don’t now. Skin wrinkles over time. Imagine a Renoir if the canvas dried out! I admire other people’s body art,ContinueContinue reading “Ugh”
Today or Everyday?
What is one word that describes you? Today – full Cat Mother mode. Low. Frazzled. Worried. Most days – happy and content. Everyday – it clearly depends. At the centre of it all? Kind. Deb xx
The Edge of Humanity
At the edge of HumanityThere is a spaceA gap representing a choiceLife has assaulted youBeaten you backDestroyed your youthful dreamsLeft you bereftAngryDisappointedDisillusionedBroken?You feel outside hopeWorthlessTrodden down by the success of othersDiminished by being differentYou’re all wrong in this worldFor any number of reasonsThat don’t exist anywhereOther than in the minds of thoseWho make themselves feelContinueContinue reading “The Edge of Humanity”
Odd but True
What was the best compliment you’ve received? I’ve been complimented on my writing. My book has several amazing fans, one of whom sleeps with it beside their bed, a close friend says it’s the only book they’ve ever read 3 times. My sister-in-law’s sister said it was awesome in a note. That means the world.ContinueContinue reading “Odd but True”
Oldness
Oldness is a natural state of life if you’re lucky. Getting old is optional. The trouble is that the world keeps telling you you’re old rather than celebrating that. You get treated like an old banger rather than the shiny new cars that adorn the driveways of the youthful and allegedly vibrant. Those old bangersContinueContinue reading “Oldness”
Depends on the Country
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? In the UK car. In Australia aeroplane. In America a mixture of the two or an RV. With UK traffic you might think I’d say train, but if the staff aren’t on strike, or the trains aren’t cancelled or running late it’s aContinueContinue reading “Depends on the Country”
Me
Who is the most confident person you know? My life story wouldn’t encourage you to think that I would be confident. Years of acute anxiety most certainly didn’t make me look confident. Anything but. I was clearly a quivering wreck. Yet somehow, underneath all that, I could get up on a stage and act, orContinueContinue reading “Me”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 