As we’re waiting to start the Year of the Snake, I seem to be living in the Year of the Frog. This adorable little tree
Even though I’ve lived overseas for going on twenty years, I like to read the Canadian news. Invariably, my husband (who’s Australian, and therefore has
An army of jet-lagged roosters seems to have moved in next door. These misguided birds don’t just crow at dawn but all day long. I
I don’t mind spiders, and appreciate their many good points, but would rather not have this one in my bathroom. Going to the toilet at
I just looked outside to see my semi-feral ginger cat, Sampson, fighting with a long, black snake near our front porch. I’m no herpetologist but
At the back of the Ho Chi Minh City International School parking lot, the bike-watch guard is raising a pig. When it first appeared, a
I first visited Dalat in Vietnam’s Central Highlands way back in 1992. What I remember most clearly about this visit was the staggering amount of
