In the spirit of remaining positive, I offer a poem I wrote after an incredible Easter Sunday that has gone by. A Perfect Day! Bending the rules somewhat, we lunched with two friendsmeticulously keeping our required distances aparton the patio overlooking a garden, on loan from Paradise.Tall trees with camelias and cherry blossoms in full […]
Another week of lockdown. The coronavirus is claiming an alarming number of lives and the predictions are scary. However, I am now beginning to sense a resurgence of hope from the people I have some contact with. Most of these are on the Internet but I do have to go shopping every few days. People […]
Another week and words on the Internet are not the only things that are going viral! There’s not much to add to what has already been said in the public media. There’s quite enough doom and gloom, with just little glimmers of hope here and there. Then the conspiracy guys on Facebook and YouTube pose […]
What a difference a week makes! Suddenly, regardless of how real the threat of COVID-19 is, the actions being taken globally are about to have a profound effect on the long-suffering citizens of planet Earth! There have been numerous references to World War II as a possible parallel to the way in which people’s lives […]
In my last blog, I used the word “genius.” That set me to thinking, and I was reminded of something I read that was published in 1980 by the National Enquirer in the United States. The heading read, “24 Qualities That Geniuses Have in Common,” and these qualities were: Drive Courage Devotion to goals Knowledge […]
This afternoon, my wife Hero and I had the completely unexpected pleasure of being given tickets for a big band concert being held in a delightful small theater in East Grinstead, England, where we currently live. The band Conchord gave us a wonderful afternoon of nostalgia. Music ranging from Irving Berlin, to my “My Fair […]
Every once in a while, I sit down and take stock of what I’m doing and where I’m going. It’s vitally important to set goals in life and, as one grows older, it’s sometimes hard to keep focused on the way forward. I am determined to achieve a number of key objectives before this old […]
I imagine that there have been all kinds of methods used in the process of employing a person to work for one. I doubt if there have been many more bizarre than that used by a well-established South African film director and producer in the 1960s and ‘70s. In 1969, having recently left the relative […]
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German colony of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) was bitterly divided. The colony’s Governor Schnee held the opinion that, as a tiny country surrounded by British possessions, there was no hope of resistance and that they should declare themselves neutral for the duration of the war. However, […]
Just so you know, technophobia has not gotten the best of me by any means. If truth be told, I’ve taken a win every time I beat a technological beast and sat back on my laurels knowing that, against all odds, I triumphed. Those indeed were moments of great pleasure for me. I’m truly quite […]