Reviewing books does not come readily to me. It requires more effort than if I were to discuss a topic related to photography or share an unusual travel experience. For instance, I have to make notes. I don’t write in my books so I’d scribble on strips of paper to mark certain passages. Often I…
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Dear Reader, Summer’s here. Sort of – it’s being pouring the last few days in Brussels. But at least flowers are abloom and getting all the water they need. Do you like flowers? I recently bought a bunch of flowers at the market. Most of them had yet to blossom, hidden within their green pods. The…
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When I travel, I pick up unique postcards and local produce (and sometimes a bottle of alcohol or two). There’s also the occasional book, though I usually end up with more than one the moment I ‘lapse’ into my book-browsing mode. Put me in a bookshop and I’ll soon lose track of time. Hunger, fatigue and/or the need to go to…
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… to see for one day how life could be lived, so that for all the rest of her dull, eventful days, when things grew bad, she could look back in her mind and dwell on the time when for one perfect day she, Miss Pettigrew, lived. I had read several positive reviews about Miss…
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Some people collect magnets, local crafts or knick knacks as travel souvenirs. I take photos and pick up an occasional postcard. I prefer postcards that are unusual and avoid run-of-the-mill prints that are sold at tacky shops surrounding tourist landmarks. I would scour independent bookstores for a unique or interesting postcard. Once in a while though, I…
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I recently finished reading a secondhand copy of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, a gripping re-construction of the senseless murder of the Clutter family in 1959 and an investigation into the minds of the the killers, combined with testimonies of those close to them and the deceased. I had picked up this copy of In Cold…
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My heater broke down yesterday. While waiting in my freezing apartment for the technician to arrive this morning, my thoughts drifted to warm sunny Bali where I visited for the first time in October. Nicknamed “Island of the Gods”, there are estimated to be over 20,000 temples on Bali. The island’s predominantly Hindu population practises a…
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Angelina Hue 