stories
The Power of Stories

The Power of Stories

In Ireland, we have an expression for when we meet someone: "What's the story?" I've always liked this. It's as if the Irish have always known that what we're told by other people about their lives is a story, which may or may not match up with reality. Reality has...

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Why does anyone start to blog?

I've read a very interesting book today. It's called, “If you want to write,” and it was written by a woman who was born ninety years ago and half a world away from me. Her name was Brenda Ueland, and she died when I was four years old. I wish I could have met her....

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