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Although they have not visited Bermuda for a couple of years, an incident this weekend past has put two of our oldest friends, Neil and Maria Empson, firmly in the thoughts of my wife and myself. Neil, a New Zealander, and his wife Maria, a Rhode Isl...

I’ve been working as a mobile vet now for three years. Every day presents a new adventure, but sometimes not in the way you bargain for. The daily life of a vet is an extremely varied job and you never know exactly what you’re going to encounter nex...

People often crane their necks as they drive past Robert ‘Ice Water’ Smith’s house on Vesey Street in Devonshire. They are not looking for him; they are checking out the clock on his balcony. It is not a particularly big clock, or a fancy one, but it...

Ever since Lance Tucker’s first solo show went up at the Bermuda Society of Arts at City Hall, people have asked ‘excuse me, are you the artist?’ “It happened last week in the grocery store,” Mr Tucker said. “I felt someone looking at me. I turned a...

Rotarians dug into their pockets to bring a shelter for homeless women and their children a step closer to completion. Sandys Rotary Club donated $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity Bermuda for the Transformational Living Centre on Parsons Road in Pembro...

On the surface, working from home sounds like a great idea. Ideally, you could catch a nap between work cycles, and have dinner cooking while you finish up those reports. But since the pandemic began in March 2020, the reality has proven a little dif...

A weed is a plant that is considered undesirable, or simply a plant that is in the wrong place. The adage one year’s seeding equals seven years’ weeding, has a great ring of the truth; simply observing growth these last several months leads me to thi...

There is an old saying, every man puts his pants on, one leg at a time. But one leg at time can be a real challenge when you have a mobility issue, or need to be somewhere in a hurry. Bermudian fashion designer Dana Cooper started thinking about...

One of the most useful bids in bridge is the “unassuming cue bid” which is often used as a waiting bid to find out more about partners hand in terms of shape and strength – many use it after partner has overcalled to show 3 card support for partner’s...

Well, I made it back to Bermuda, broken arm and all. I celebrated freedom from quarantine with the Irishman, floating around in the ocean with my arm in a trash bag on a raft of noodles! Despite being wrapped in plastic in 90° heat, it was super rela...