Terita Bean will never forget the call.
The person at the other end was telling her she had been named Mother of the Year. Problem was, she didn’t have any children.
It turned out she’d been nominated...
Margaret Giloth remembers being painfully shy as a child.
She believes having eclectic hobbies helped find her identity: arranging flowers, collecting hats and modelling in fashion shows.
“I couldn’t ...
Think your cairn terrier has what it takes to light up the stage?
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society is searching for two dogs to play Toto in The Wizard of Oz.
The only requirements are that they’re able...
Karen Pearman really wanted to run the Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby but she’d only just beaten cancer. She didn’t know if she had the strength.
In February, she decided “enough was enough” and started ...
Esther Zuill’s house is stuffed with books.
At the moment, the 88-year-old is reading the Bible from cover to cover.
Folks who meet her today would be surprised to learn that books were her greatest n...
Jim Davies expected a few raised eyebrows at Customs.
He had travelled to Bermuda alone, yet his luggage was filled with what were clearly women’s clothes.
“The customs officer was quite fascinated wi...
Ricky Spence was heartbroken when Gregory Bean, his friend since childhood, died three years ago.
The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute orderly was 53 when he lost his battle with high blood pressure.
M...
When Leo Custodio and his wife, Katherine, go out to dinner, it takes them for ever to reach their table.
That’s because Mr Custodio has to stop and chat with everyone in the restaurant.
“Sometimes m...
Grace and Liam Flannery put their heart and soul into their first art exhibition.
The ten and 13-year-old siblings put up sketches, paintings and ceramics in Journeys: Real and Imagined, at the Bermu...
Verde Brown was heartbroken when she was turned down for a mortgage.
It was four years ago and she and her husband were trying to buy their dream home in Southampton.
“We knew we were going to have ei...
