When your name means Hope, as mine does, you’re not allowed to feel down in the dumps, or despondent, or at least you tell yourself that and so when I walked myself down the path, in need of some spiritual soothing from nature, I didn’t dwell overly long on all of my frustrations, although I [...]

I played basketball, yesterday. It was the first time in years. I convinced my husband to play some, too. We ran, we leapt and did we ache afterwards! But that time on the court together was the best twenty minutes I’d spent at the gym, in eons.
Then last night, I had a dream. I was [...]

My father hailed from Plymouth and my best friend lives there. As for me, aside from our frequent trips down to Devon’s shoreline as a child, Plymouth nurtured me for sixteen months on my journey to becoming a high school teacher. I can also claim Ivor Doodney (of the pastie fame) as my great-uncle (although [...]