This is a story I have dined out on for many years. I enjoy watching people's expressions when I casually drop the line: "Did you realize you have just been having dinner with a "living goddess"? I could write a whole chapter about the reactions I have received! One cold, misty January morning, Ben and … Continue reading From Mere Mortal to Living Goddess
Tired of Waiting
by Caroline Kennedy This month, 50 years ago, the young actress Maggie de la Riva was abducted and raped. This is an article I wrote about Death Row in Bilibid Prison, Muntinglupa, where the four abductors were held until their death. “I’m tired of waiting. I want them to end it for me. I don’t … Continue reading Tired of Waiting
The World is a Book
Since I was very small I have always had an innate wanderlust. Day and night I would pore over books with photos of strange places, wild topography, fascinating people and exotic flora and fauna. These pages excited me like nothing else. Forget Alice in Wonderland, forget Winnie the Pooh, forget Little Women. As I grew … Continue reading The World is a Book
POST-MORTEM FOR MERIENDA
“What do you think about death?”“Are you afraid of dying?”“Do you believe in life after death?” These are questions people insist on asking me these days. Why is it? What’s the matter with everyone? Where is it all leading to? Time was when the mention of death did not affect me. I wasn’t personally acquainted with … Continue reading POST-MORTEM FOR MERIENDA
Restoring the Hospital in Pristina, Kosovo
“Following the recent horrific conflict in Kosovo, the majority of the country’s hospitals and medical centres have been either seriously incapacitated or wilfully destroyed.” explained Professor Jim Ryan, head of the Leonard Cheshire Centre of Conflict Recovery. “Looting by armed civilians has also taken place on a massive scale and departing Serbian medical personnel have … Continue reading Restoring the Hospital in Pristina, Kosovo
The Fugitive Kind
Harry Rose had a very distinct character. It wouldn’t take long for anyone meeting him for the first time to come to this conclusion. I certainly knew this to be true the minute I met him. I also instinctively knew that we were destined to get along together. From the moment his lips parted revealing … Continue reading The Fugitive Kind
Speech Delivered at Improvmasters Club, Friday 28th March 2014
What If?What if you made your way home from work one day, or from shopping in your local supermarket or, like 11 year old Merima, you were walking home from school and, just as you do everyday, you turn the corner to enter your street… But...what if...where your street used to be there is a … Continue reading Speech Delivered at Improvmasters Club, Friday 28th March 2014
Life with Joe
Life with Joe, I found out very swiftly, was anything but boring. The phone never stopped ringing, the invitations never stopped arriving and people would drop in on any excuse just for a chat. For a few weeks I had the definite feeling that many were passing by simply to give me the once … Continue reading Life with Joe
It Happened In Paradise – A Cautionary Tale
“Costa Rica is a paradise, a virtual Garden of Eden” or so the tourist brochures lead us to believe. Turn the pages of any guide book and, doubtless, you will read glowing reports about this “peaceful” country, with its stable government, its lack of an army, its protected national parks, its teeming wildlife, its breathtaking … Continue reading It Happened In Paradise – A Cautionary Tale
What If?
What if you made your way home from work one day, or from shopping in your local supermarket or, like 11-year-old Merima, coming home from school? And, just as you do every day, you turn the corner to enter your street… But...what if...where your street used to be there is a huge, gaping crater...and, further up … Continue reading What If?
Caroline Kennedy: My Travels 