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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama XIV Today I have a question for you: Is it better to be wise or to be kind? Careful now. This is a tricky one. On the one hand you could argue that it is never “wrong” to be kind, but i...

The Royal Gazette columnist Nina London celebrates five years as a uterine cancer survivor next month. To mark the occasion, the Siberian-born Bermuda resident will do what she does almost every day of the year, swim. “Starting at noon, on Oc...

When I came home from England recently, I left the kiddos there, livin’ it up with family for a few more weeks! It was good timing as it turns out. My arm is out of the cast and although it’s not straight yet, it’s pretty functional. I can do all my ...

It was 6.45am. I was standing in Astwood Park on the edge of a rugged stone slab shaped by thousands of years of ocean winds. I was practicing Qigong movement meditation and gazing at the ocean rolling in front of me like a breathing royal blue canva...

Here we are 18 months after being told to shelter in place, back into “freedom”. Not to be a downer nor have us talking about Covid-19, as if it’s all we have going for us, but it’s here to stay, for awhile, I’m sure. We have to continue pressing for...

Every time you judge someone you reveal a part of yourself that needs healing – Letters of Gratitude We are now a year and a half into the pandemic and it’s time to rip the Band-Aid off a subject that I have been avoiding writing about. Last wee...

Mikia McGowan’s weight spiralled out of control after graduating from college. Children in the Brownie troop she led wanted to touch her baby bump, when she wasn’t even pregnant. “I was working as an administrative clerk,” she said. “Colleagues we...

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...

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...

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...