Tag: Window on the World
Window on the World Column | My Beloved Rufus
As us animal folk well know, there are frequent pleas from our local shelter for help with fostering and adoptions. There are always too...
Window on the World Column | Snakes in the Attic
I was very young when I encountered my first. You never forget your first, or so they say! We were walking along a popular...
Window on the World Column | Who Did We Become —...
“I choose to look back and remember laughter and friendship….” This was a quote sent over from a former pupil of our boarding school...
Window on the World Column | A Change Is as Good...
“A change is as good as a rest!” My Granny Evelyn used to say on occasion, and I am not sure why, because she...
Window on the World Column | Lucy and Her Terrible, Horrible,...
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this...
Window on the World Column | My Daughter Is a Nurse
My little sister Rosie used to call my daughter a grafter, a nice London term for someone who works hard. And that has always...
Window on the World Column | Modern Traveler Tales
Never let it be said that I travel light. I always aspire to travel lighter, but thus far it has never happened. “Oh, you’re...
Window on the World Column | Life at the Boarding School
“Where did you go to high school, grandma?” my 11-year-old granddaughter enquired, ever the curious little squirrel.
“Well, it’s a bit complicated,” I reply. She...
Window on the World Column | Some Days…
When you have been traveling between England and America as many times as I have over the past few decades, you get a bit...
Window on the World Column | Longing for Correspondence That Counts
To my darling daughter, (and my two sons, if she allows you in on any of the decision making with regards to my care...
