Today's Friday Food for Thought is from Peg Bracken (1918 - 2007), American author of humorous books on cooking, etiquette and travel, such as The I Hate to Cook Book. Did you know? December 6th is celebrated as St Nicholas' Day. St Nicholas was a Christian Bishop who was noted for his generosity in helping…
I thought I was the only one." Today's Friday Food for Thought comes from C.S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), English novelist and academic. His circle of literary friends, known as The Inklings, included J.R.R. Tolkien. They met regularly at the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, nicknamed the Bird and Baby. Did you know?…
Dear Claire What strange times we live in: possible impeachment; never-ending Brexit; and now a general election. It sometimes seems that we are more divided than ever. The week after next marks World Kindness Day, and I wanted to share some words from the American comedian and talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres. At the…
Today's Friday Food for Thought comes from the song I want to be happy, with lyrics by Irving Caesar and music by Vincent Yeomans, who was born on this day in 1898. It was written in 1925 for the musical No, No, Nanette, which also features the song Tea for Two. It has been performed by, among…
"Noi non potemo avere perfetta vita senza amici". Today's Friday Food for Thought is from Dante Alighieri (c.1265 - 1321), Italian poet and author of the Divine Comedy, considered by many to be the greatest work in the Italian language.
Dear Claire, I listened to an interesting podcast the other day on NPR, our national public radio station here in the US. It was an interview with twin sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski, whose new book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (or in the UK, Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stress…