As I wrote after my last journey to Thailand, I am not a fan of travel guide books. Although they can be helpful I find most of them too subjective and prefer to rely on a good map,information desks, history books and the wonderfully dangerous way of learning by doing. Prior to my departure from [...]
How lucky we are that we are able to push painful things so far in to the back of our minds that we are unconscious of them. The Psychiatrists won’t agree with me that it is a good thing, the more courageous among you neither,but how else am I going to handle what is going [...]
“An Anniversary is a time to celebrate, the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow.” Have a wonderful day.
Even if I had wanted to it would have been impossible to escape it in Switzerland. The Euro 2008 I have crossed my fingers for the Swiss,the Dutch,even the Turks and lastly for the Russians. We have seen good Football,even brilliant Football,and it has been I think enjoyable for all. The fans have been wonderful [...]
” Break,break,break, On thy cold grey stones. Oh Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter the thoughts that arise in me” Alfred,Lord Tennyson. 1809-1892. I suppose it is because I was born under Pisces that I have an affinity with the sea. I do in fact compare my life to it. The ups [...]
Sue Tilley is the name of the lady,and she has just been sold for 33 Million Dollars. Lucian Freud painted her in eight hourly sessions , three times a week over nine monthes. He called his painting “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” She earned about 40 Dollars a time,and is now famous. Lucian Freud is one of [...]
“To Travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour” Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894 Virginibus Puerisque 1881 We should be enjoying ourselves,for it’s time to take a summer break again.We pilgered to the Holiday Exhibition and came home with two bags full of books and brochures. (Heaven help [...]
“Veni,vidi,vici” “I came,I saw,I conquered.” She did it with bravour,and contempt has turned into admiration. Carla mania has broken out,and she is now everyone’s darling. The wife of this Frenchman, what was his name?
Soon it will be time to wear “The Green” again. And as usual tears will come to my ears when I hear this song; Oh, Danny boy,the pipes,the pipes are calling, From glen to glen and down the mountain side. The summers gone,and all the flowers are dying, Tis you,Tis you must go and I [...]
