Tick tock. I wish I could turn back the clock. I wish I could reclaim all the time I’ve wasted on things that didn’t matter. I know I never appreciated the value of time until a friend’s recent death at just age 45. He was a Company man by day and a surfer in all...

Whether it’s bending your body in human origami with a yogi in the park or retreating to a retreat down south – you can be sure a New Age dalliance will cost you money. Helping people navigate the road to spiritual enlightenment is big business and the New Age industry ...

Tall and talkative (and with the habit of telling the same joke too many times), my father was a sensitive man with a happy heart. A lover of art and nature with a fetish for modern gadgetry, he was a hard worker who gave me many things in life.  He gave me my first bike...

“Have passport will travel” has always been my motto. But don’t think that my love of overseas locations makes me an expert traveller – far from it. I get seasick and bus-sick and have a distinct dislike of flying. (Not to mention that I find it hard to sleep in ...

The Spanish police had blocked the street, redirected traffic and were now taking a break to smoke and tell jokes. It was the first Sunday of Primavera.  A gentle sun smiled on the street market below where women with wicker baskets passed sellers giving a thousand reasons ...