Following on from my rant two weeks ago “the diamond ring on the 4th finger of my left hand”, I feel compelled to explain that I still do believe in love between a man and a woman. I believe that when Cupid gets it right, it’s a lifetime of ….tolerance – did you think ‘bliss’?…

Ok let’s keep this unfussy. I’ll ask this: ‘What is the most important component of a long term relationship? Did you say love? That’s what I said….initially. Something in my insomnia yet again tonight causes me to give this a bit more thought and as usual I reach a slightly different conclusion (surprise surprise!). Obviously…

At the risk of sounding arrogant, I will tell you that I wear a beautiful eternity ring on the 4th finger of my left hand. It comprises of little diamond studs worth the deposit for a huge mansion – and not in a diminutive suburban village in the middle of nowhere, no! I, recipient and…

She stood by the post box, letter in hand, looking quite like a statue. Her eccentric, yet softly beautiful smile lingered only for a moment. Lost in a trance, her mind wandered, traversing backwards down memory lane. The past was recaptured in detail as moment-by-moment flash backs caused her eyes to sparkle, widen and/or squint…

And so it happened thus: She dressed up in nothing black and wore her hair so that it defined her eyes; just the way he liked it – to capture his attention. It was a hotel room as usual, but had there been onlookers present, they would have concluded from the intensity of their commitment…

Right, girl! Happy birthday, blow those candles out! It’s a year after the big 3-0! Congratulations! Look at you – beautiful, intelligent, innovative, independent, everything everyone else wants to be. Except… take a deep breath…you are single. Now why has that just come out like it’s the greatest crime of the century, dearest gorgeous African…