War in Ukraine: a Question of Feelings?

By Hermione Laake March 2022 Sometimes it takes just 24 little hours for something to change visibly on the surface, when underneath all manner of hell has been invisibly boiling. For now, as it was last year, we can continue to take photographs of peaceful and tranquil settings like this one, which I took last

The Power of Reading, and Flying Solo

I began reading to my children when they were in the womb. I would also read my books aloud deliberately. As a writer, you are told to read aloud as you’ll hear errors better that way. When my babies were tiny, I would type with them spreadeagled on my knees, and sometimes they would press