No one likes a guest who criticizes her hosts, even if she has been around for over 30 years. So I begin not with criticism but with praise and gratitude. Our three children were brought up here [...]

Not everybody can read. And certainly not everybody can read English. I was standing outside Gubbara one morning when a woman came by holding a baby (with Down Syndrome) in her arm and a scrap of [...]

Launching a website is like delivering a baby. Let me introduce you to my newest addition:   Every organisation has a website. No big deal. You hire a guy. You assign the task of assembling [...]

I hate to admit it, but I’m desperate. Again. It happens with depressing regularity. Every three or four years, I take my eye off the ball. I go to sleep at the wheel. I stop firing on all [...]