Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

cul-de-sac [ kuhl-duh-sak, -sak, koo l-; French kyduh-sak ] noun, plural culs-de-sac [kuhlz-duh-sak, -sak, koo lz-; French kyduh-sak] /ˈkʌlz dəˈsæk, -ˌsæk, ˈkʊlz-; French küdəˈsak/. any situation in which further progress is impossible. ... Sometimes, we think certain ties will continue on for a long long time, then we realize that they're coming to an end [...]

To Be, or Not to Be?

To Be, or Not to Be?

" Everytime a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women." Maya Angelou ... To celebrate International Women's Day, which takes places annually on the 8th of March, I thought it would be interesting to travel through time and meet some of the prominent female [...]

Broken Heart Syndrome

Broken Heart Syndrome

"Sometimes, miracles are just good people with kind hearts" ...    When I first came across 'broken heart syndrome', I wasn't sure if it was a true condition, and I remember thinking that it was probably for the sake of enhancing the drama; nevertheless, I decided to search it - it intrigued me, this syndrome [...]