Yellow Crane Tower, Wuhan I've been struggling a bit with this post.  Just over a month after I had visited the city, news started e...

If I am honest with myself, 2019 was not a great year.  As I look back, there were highlights but most of the time it has been a lot of hard...

I'm this close to Pope Francis! This is a short post; mainly to keep track of the key events in my life which took place in 2019. I ...

I visited Rome in May this year, for the first time since my pilgrimage 10 years ago .   Unfortunately, I didn't have much time for sigh...

Winky Our dear Winky left us today, in the early hours of the morning.  It was a short illness - maybe about a week or so.  The vet tho...

Yasaka-no-to Pagoda - off Ninen-zaka  Reflecting on this trip to Kyoto, it was indeed a peaceful and reasonably paced holiday, despite t...

Flea market at Toji Temple One reason why I like visiting Kyoto is that by now, I can have the pleasure of revisiting my favourite haun...