by suziquaif | Apr 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
It’s virtually impossible to talk about death and disease in humans without coming across the immune system. Though discussion in the series ‘Killing your character convincingly’ is so often about immune systems that don’t work, to understand...
by suziquaif | May 13, 2018 | people, places & things
If you had asked me not so long ago who Damon Runyon was I would have shrugged and made a wild guess that it was perhaps some long lost breed of apple. The name has an of aura of all that is good and comforting about the past; of something well worth the effort of...
by suziquaif | May 13, 2018 | stories
It is a nice day; one of those days when even the cab drivers are apt to smile and a guy can traverse the sidewalks of the Apple, and feel good because the sun is shining and the citizens are not depressed beyond the normal. I am minding my own business on my way to...
by suziquaif | May 12, 2018 | travel
May ushers in the fine weather and marks our fifth visit to the Republic of Ireland. One day we plan to visit the North where the scars of the Troubles are more visible and, for the generation that lived through them, still speaking loud from the static mouths of...
by suziquaif | Apr 7, 2018 | people, places & things
For a Brit abroad it is true that Normandy in Northern France does feel familiar not only with England, but also rural Ireland. Geographically of course the land is ever likely to be similar. In gobal terms Southern England, Eire and Northern France are close...