Costa Women Blogs

I am amazed that there are still women out there that really do mean what they say and Ali Meehan is one of these women.  My time is more than precious (as is for most people), but I am lucky if I get...

Life’s a Box of Chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get, so said Forest Gump.  Life is all about choices and as expats we have chosen to get on that flight, or in that car and move to a different...

Q:  Your latest novel, THE MASTER’S TALE, is a gripping account of the life of Captain Edward Smith, the Master of the TITANIC. What inspired you to write this particular story?A:  In the summer of 2008,...

Once upon a time, there was “just” one woman with a mission. One woman with a purpose. With a plan. With a hope and with heck of a lot of determination”. She had a dream” you might even say, copying another...

Punctuation Changes in fashion affect all aspects of our lives, even grammar, but when it comes to punctuation there is little that can be modernised without distortion.  The trend in recent years has...

Hi, I’m Helen and although I have been around on Costa Women for a while but not always an active participant…..until now that is. Back in the summer of 2010 hubby and myself were living in...