'And they lived happily ever after ...'

Most human beings are not made, ultimately, for solitude. Yet a person's self-awareness benefits from regular retreats into solitariness...

All the bustle and fuss – human care and love as fast as Velcro – me but the burr, bad-tempered vegetable looking for free...

You've been so quiet, said one of my readers. But quiet has gone. A lone, lanky, lovely visitor dropped in on me entirely unexpectedl...