Live while you are alive
I have recently been traveling short distances by bus. On almost every (free) trip there is some poor soul, disheveled, hair down to his shoulders and carrying a weird assortment of plastic bags etc. Homelessness where I live is all too common and affects both black and white communities. They closed the hospital/ hostel called …
The Sartorial Fox A fox without his shoes and socks Is incorrectly dressed; His jacket should be laundered And his trousers should be pressed. For, hunting in the woodland, He might meet a deer or vole, A marmoset or hedgehog, A tortoise or a mole. Imagine his embarrassment should Such a thing occur, And he …
My wife and I were discussing self-confidence the other day, and I got to thinking that there can be a challenge as you get old and a bit forgetful. If you have had a long, successful and loving marriage, discussing everything and coming to consensus every day (all day?), then, when having to handle an …
The Hammock We walk judiciously along the jetty, Careful not to stray to the edge Lest in the darkness we fall And join the sleeping crabs and the seaweed, Inching toward the beach. At the jetty’s end there is a shelter A sanctuary for those seeking solitude, Watching the ocean in its many moods. And …
British government ministers speak frequently about ”it” and how they are striving to bring “it” back. But survey by Britain Thinks found that only 12% of people want to live their lives “exactly as ‘it’ was before” the advent of Covid 19. Only 6% of Britons want the same type of economy as they had …
