‘Bonfire Night’ or ‘Guy Fawke’s NIght’ is a big celebration in England. It commemorates the death in 1606 of the Catholic Guido (or ‘Guy’) Fawkes. Weeks before Bonfire NIght children […]

It’s interesting how you choose something as a symbol that you are not losing and finally giving up on life. A blue bin-bag, some cardboard boxes, a dental appointment. Almost […]

Lourdes is a small market town in southwestern France, nestled at the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is one of the world’s major Catholic pilgrimage sites. In 1858 a local […]

Even the one throwing the lifebelt Needs help at times, Stranded on the beach, Terrified of the waves. Brian Patten

Rosary with shells. Protection of Saint Michael. Godspeed.

Just before you jump out of a plane there is a second when you are totally wrapped up in what is about to happen but you have the illusion of […]

  If I could turn back time… … well, to be frank, I could have done without the clinical depression. That’s a bitch. … the times my immaturity and clumsiness […]

Have you ever been to a Hall of Mirrors? Maybe they don’t exist anymore outside of my childhood memories. They were rooms with distorted mirrors where reality was bent and […]

There was man lost and hungry in a wasteland.  He saw an old dog limping along. The dog lay down exhausted and close to death. Suddenly, a lion came along […]