November 19th is International Men’s Day , a day Dr Jerome Teelucksingh, a history lecturer at the University of the West Indies in...

The Guest Cat  by HIRAIDE Takashi is a lyrical story about a couple’s love of a cat that isn’t theirs. As the guest cat, Chibi, ‘little...

Hellooooo   Apologies for the big old absence. Got my head stuck in a book I was writing on 聴くThe Japanese Art of Listening , out in the...

I celebrated World Turtle Day today by dusting off my collection of 150 turtles given to me by family and friends who joked I was like a...

Happy Mother’s Day! Colts and Fillies cherish you Thanks for all you do We also know what you Can do if you’re mad because Love is fierce...

To all our children King and Queen each single one Happy Children’s Day

Sunday April 30th marks the worldwide web’s 30th anniversary as it debuted in the public domain. The free-access worldwide web is one of...

Off to a weekend walk in the Dolomites, I hope to pass by Verona, and maybe breeze by the balcony where Shakespeare’s fictional...

Some say that Saturday April 8th 563 BCE is the birthday of Siddhartha Gautama a.k.a. Buddha. The descendant of the one who had most...

April Fool’s Showers Haiku Mash April showers bring May flowers comes from an older reference: Sweet April showers Do bring May flowers...

While the US advanced to summer time last weekend, the UK and Europe are about to go forward this weekend. At precisely 02:00 on Sunday,...

Haru, Mother, with Cross-legged Sculpture at Karuizawa New Art Museum, Feb 2023 This weekend I’ve got a personal mash to share – Saturday...

“I want to see you Mr. Watson. Please come here.” Allegedly the first words transmitted over the telephone. Speaking, was its inventor,...

Hinamatsuri Girls’/Dolls’ Day and International Women’s Day which fall on the 3rd and 8th of March respectively and Women’s History Month...

I got to visit my dad for the first time after five years. While Covid is gone for all practical purposes in the western hemisphere,...

The 21st of February is Pancake Day in the UK, a folkloric rendition of the Christian Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday was the day a bell...

In the third century, Roman Emperor Claudius II ordered all men to stay unmarried so he could enlist them as soldiers to fight in his...

Out with the bad gods! 3 February is Setusubun, a day by the old calendar when winter transforms into spring. On this magical day,...

The Scots often wince as I explain Burns Night as the Scottish Thanksgiving with a poetry slam. Apologies. The Burns Supper that took...

Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard he loved all his...