Almost there.  Within 48 hours (all going well) I will be at Mumbai airport, boarding the two hour Kingfisher flight… Read more

I was very heartened to read yesterday’s Daily Telegraph’s piece, Emergency staff to be told if you want to live or die…. Read more

It is impossible to predict when the moment death will actually happen. People can hover between life and death for… Read more

When I drive towards a roundabout, husband Mark is always banging on at me about ‘lane discipline.’ Well, he would… Read more

I have been having quite a few conversations with concerned parents about the best way to address their child’s fear… Read more

This morning I woke drowsily to Radio 4s Farming Programme.  I love horses, so my attention was immediately caught by… Read more

I have now had a chance to reflect on my concern over Liz Kershaw’s Sunday Times article (20th Feb), Cause of… Read more

Helen Baker runs Helen Baker Design and she is passionate about using Craftivism as a way of promoting non-aggressive activism. Her mini pants… Read more

End-of-life Experience Articles: Fenwick, P., & Brayne, S.End-of-life Experiences: Reaching out for compassion, communication and connection. Meaning of Deathbed Visions and… Read more

It’s happened again – another article about how postmenopausal women are really only forty. Have I missed something? No. I haven’t…. Read more

‘There are no references to the Sun turning red during the middle of the day,’ said folklorist Twm Elias this… Read more

It’s a mean little  bug that’s laid me very low and stopped my back-packing adventures mid-flight. I have no idea… Read more

Nine people squeezed onto Mystic Moon – a record so far – in order to talk about death and dying…. Read more

Every six weeks I run a consciousness meeting for a group of women who want to talk about what really… Read more

It’s not easy to know how to open up conversations with someone who is dying There is often awkwardness, embarrassment… Read more

Woman Commits Suicide to Avoid Old Age, was a front page Sunday Times headline.  Immediately I imagined some poor, pathetic, lonely old… Read more

Living in the same location as two octogenarian couples is a salutary experience.  One couple, Brian and Enid, are fully engaged… Read more