Apr 2Member-onlyWhy I find the series Bridgerton a very pleasant surpriseWe are now into season 2 but I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, don’t worry. And I’ll focus on season 1 anyway. The series Bridgerton has been torn apart by many. And I thought as well, ‘Dear lord, I’m not going to consume such drama, not me!’ But then…Bridgerton5 min read
Aug 17, 2021Member-onlyWhat is Romance?I keep trying to find an answer in my head which I could give to my oh so British husband to explain, what romance is. In the end, it’s oh so very simple and interestingly enough very similar to my long-found-answer as to what love is. Love is effort we…Romance5 min read
Jul 18, 2021Member-onlyIs Love worth it? Or are we just Hopeless?Here is the short story of an uncle of mine. He’s 70 something. Yes, 70 odd years old. He was married for a long time and a couple of years ago finally got divorced. I say finally, because those two were miserable and we all knew it. While his ex-wife…Love7 min read
Jun 15, 2021Queer Women Throughout History: Illegal & Unofficial Weddings2662Jenna McRae"If you can't fight them, fool them", right? :)"If you can't fight them, fool them", right? :) What a great article, Jenna! LOVE the history of individuals, it makes history real to me. Like the story of my great grandma and grandpa. I knew them both, which made their story even more intriguing. …3 min read
Jun 10, 2021People, in Concept and Practice1.3K23Martin VidalYou are so right in your view of wether people are really bad.You are so right in your view of wether people are really bad. If I could have given more than 50 claps, I would have. I respond similarly to any discussion about racism and war and how this world is going to hell. I turn around and say, "Hey, as…2 min read
Jun 9, 2021Member-onlyA Room of Her OwnI don’t have my own room. And I’m crumbling. I know, I know, Virginia Woolf’s Essay was actually called ‘A Room of One’s Own’ but I always thought, it should have been called ‘her own’ because in the end she discussed the need for a woman to have her own…Feminism3 min read
May 13, 2021Member-onlyWhen having a choice is a bad thingI know this sounds absurd but it’s just an observation I have of my step children in comparison to the childhoods of my generation. Children these days suffer severe trauma when bullied at school. I’m not trying to diminish their suffering, not at all, ok? But here’s my question. Our…Parenting7 min read
Apr 24, 2021Member-onlyI Miss My Friends…Today I woke up in tears. Literally. You know those dreams where you cry in your dreams but when you wake up, the memory of it is instantly almost gone? But on very rare occasions, something touches you so deeply, that as you wake up, you feel actual tears running…Friendship5 min read
Apr 17, 2021Harry & Megan = Courage661Catherine SmithMedia and how to read them...Media and how to read them... In any case, I like your article and you've touched just the tip of a very nasty iceberg, Catherine. We love tearing other people down and the media... The media has become one big tabloid, would you agree? Before, ridiculous accusations and observations were…5 min read
Apr 8, 2021Member-onlyFathers and sonsNo, I’m not here to discuss Ivan Turgenev’s novel, don’t worry:). Here is what I came across yet again and it inspired me to write today. My husband told me about this British colleague of his who lives in Taiwan. Let’s call him John. John is an IT developer, a…Fatherhood7 min read