Month: April 2015
Photospiration
Bonus track
Figolli time
As with all major religions, Catholicism is awash with rituals linking food to major events in its calendar. And the Mediterranean people sure know how to milk this! (pun intended) Continue reading
Empty spaces
Photospiration
Bonus track
The very thing that defines us
“It’s a boy!” “It’s a girl!”
Those are the very first words we (as newborns) hear, announcing to the world at large where it is we take our place across this great divide. Are we from Mars? Are we from Venus? What if we’re neither? Or what if we’re born one way but deep down are another way? Continue reading
Photospiration
Bonus track.
Words that get me…
I love language. It fascinates me. From the very thought of “who invented that word”, to the idea that it is shared by thousands, millions, billions… and yet remains so personal. Language is what allows us to interact, to think, to structure our lives in whichever way we deem best. Continue reading
Because that’s us [me]!
Phenomenal woman – Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me. Continue reading
whatever Mia thinks 