I think one of the main reasons I got so involved with letter writing, aside from the pleasure of receiving post from all around the world, is that it gives the writer a chance to express themselves in a calm and considered manner. A letter to a friend is often planned over a short period…

It is sometimes difficult to get your mind around what is acceptable, and what is not in some people’s minds. Or, perhaps better, in their interpretation of the rules and regulations. I accept, as one must, that there needs to be rules, that a certain legislative order has to be brought in to prevent chaos,…

The sad thing about the Cosby case is that it took so long, and there was such a level of viciousness involved against those who were finally able to bring their case. Added to which, of course, the fact that it took so many women before the matter was even taken seriously, and then not…

Most people, certainly in the various societies where I have lived over the last decades, base their lives and their feelings on what they see directly around them and, more especially, on what directly effects them and their way of life, their lifestyle, their leisure hours, and what they perceive as being the Rights to…

Sometimes you simply need to know when to stop and move on. This is not the same as giving up on a project by a long way, but something we learn when a particular thing we have concentrated a good deal of time on becomes a wearying prospect, when we feel depressed to see those…

One of the saddest things I have seen over many years is a person struggling to fit into an ideal he or she has been told is right for them, and not realising that their destiny is their own and not that foretold by someone else. They fight to get the right clothing, to speak…

I am reliably informed, as strange as I find it, that there are some people out there who fall down and give up at the first obstacle, who do not know how to find a way around it, over it, through it because they have never been told that someone can do something for themselves….

All good things come to an end, they say and, fortunately, all bad things tend to come to an end too, even if this small piece of wisdom is not put across in the same way. For some reason we, as a society, tend to dwell more on the downside of life, and not rejoice…

I am told there are certain rules about what is correct, when writing a letter to someone, and what is unacceptable. I am told that letters should have a certain format; that they should be on a specific size of paper; that the envelope should be addressed in a certain manner, with a return address…

It seems to me as if, with the dawn of each new day, I begin something new. I’m not sure whether this thought has a name – optimism, perhaps – but it is not something that everyone has or feels as they open their eyes and realise, to their surprise or gratitude, that they are…