A cat's life My name is Phare Ouest, alias Far West, alias West Lighthouse Cat. Don't you think she should have chosen a simpler name for me? I mean, I keep having to tell everyone that no, I do not live in a lighthouse, I have never lived in a lighthouse,...

I remember when soldiers first entered Northern Ireland because we had been on holiday in England, visiting cousins, and came back to find checkposts and army trucks everywhere. This was Derry in 1969, and we were living in a beautiful old house a few...

The first question to be asked is "Where is Braco"? Here is a reply from the Great Web : Ardoch, near Braco, was in fact one of the largest Roman stations in Britain but now grass covered rampants and ditches are all that remains. And the title could...

MUFFIN THE BEACH DONKEY Going to St Andrews' Beach was always a highlight of the summer holidays in my young life. By this time we were settled at Sypsies Farmhouse, one mile out of Crail in Fife. As soon as we arrived at the beach, I made a bee line...

Crail harbour Sypsies was the big house on the hill in the East Neuk of Fife about one mile from Crail and its' picturesque and much photographed harbour. We lived in so many houses, and all big, often rambling, some of them only half finished. Lying...

Duncreggan House, Derry High School with its' famous hornbeam tree (une charme) "Fiona! Lucinda! Cherry! Come down at once!" The year was 1972. The place Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The vice head mistress of Derry HIgh School for girls from 11 to 18,,...

Photo by Jan Bolz Yesterday I started exploring how I transform my daily life through the power of dreams. Today I continue this exploration. Last night once again I dreamed images. I'll not give the full dream, but just the snippets which are relevant....

Photo by DYAA ELDIN Dreams are images and emotions that float into our night consciousness, our dreaming consciousness and some of them, not all, pass then into our waking consciousness. That's when they become interesting, because we are all narrative...