I’m well aware of the concept of east-is-east-and-west-is-west but I want to commingle two parts of my life here just this once. I write some less sassy, more thoughtful bits for www.mariashriver.com. I’m extremely lucky to be welcome on a forum with such a wide audience and I welcome YOU, dear readers, to have a look over there. Aside from my own stuff the site is an endless source of inspiration, encouragement, learning and enrichment.

http://mariashriver.com/guides/clay-russell

Thank you.