There’s a blinking cursor on the screen. Winking at me. Throbbing rhythmically like a resting heartbeat.  The longer that I stare at it, the emptier my mind becomes. The cursor seems competitive, challenging me to write and the longer I stare at it, the... 
Even as the tables were set and the guests arriving I could hardly believe that this event was happening. Months of research, planning and wondering were over and it was show time. Food Gatherings opened for business. Anyone that has hosted a party or started a... There’s nothing that offers more promise than starting a new diary for the year. Those empty pages yet to be populated yell freedom before appointments, commitments and fun events get added to set the year off and running. To get that same sense of new... Wandering with the bassets this week my mind kept turning over Charles Dickens’ opening to The Tale of Two Cities. You know: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of... Killing time at Heathrow airport last week I was tempted to treat myself to a Fitbit, the latest gizmo to help you track your lifestyle. I dread to think it may have said about me this week as I repeatedly hit the wall of jet lag with a mighty thud. Seems I... 