Meet My Close Friend…….
In this section, you are invited to declare a close (or not so close) friendship or two. As elsewhere on the Blog, the declaration can be anonymous, on one or…
In this section, you are invited to declare a close (or not so close) friendship or two. As elsewhere on the Blog, the declaration can be anonymous, on one or…
Introductory Comment I was not sure what sort of a film this was – just a story for its own sake; a memoir of a son’s early family experiences; an…
'Darling Baby Mine' by John de St Jorre (Quartet Books Limited - 2016) - a book review e-mail exchange between reader and author. Reader: There can be no doubting the…
Old Life: Amfie Pamfie, Puddin' and Pie, Kissed the boys and made them cry, When the girls came out to play, Amfie Pamfie ran away. Old Life Good: Amfie Pamfie…
We live in an era of the Emperor’s new clothes. You could argue that the Emperor was engaging with an existential concept that, very simply, demands that its viewers adjust…
An NHS Community Forum is just the sort of place, where self-meaning can be projected into social-meaning. That is, if the Forum is not used simply as a Public Relations…
Orgon and his mother have fallen under the influence of Tartuffe, a pious fraud. Tartuffe pretends to speak with divine authority. The rest of the family and their friends…
We can all write and do so – letters, e-mails, birthday cards, to-do lists etc. Our letters contain stories – what happened, when we were on holiday or went to…
DrDD is an old mate of MH. They did their PhDs at the same time and place and cried into each other’s beer from time to time. They both stayed…
Our names are James and Becky Fischer. We are an American couple from Texas. We have been married for a few years now and in our late fifties/early sixties (guess…
HH is a great storyteller and good at it too. But, of course, he does so with his own style/angle/and gloss. For example, he is very softhearted and often slides…
HN, who lives in the USA, expresses what his second home in France, means to him. Clearly, a case of self-meaning. HN and BC met in Auzon last summer and…
I have known DrDD for 50 years or so, on and off. We met, when we were doing our PhDs. We are both straight talkers and can take a punch.…
Religion usually involves a culture and specific behaviours and practices. It also may encompass morals, texts, worldviews etc, as they relate to supernatural/spiritual aspects of a religion. There are many religions.…
AH and BC asked themselves this question, when confronted respectively with a mid-life and an end-of-life crisis. Their response was a resounding ‘yes’. Indeed, this was the title of an…
1. Wheelie bins mean something to us. They are useful for storing and transporting rubbish. But maybe we can cheer them up a bit – make them more engaging? But meaningful wheelie bins must be a joke, no? Maybe. See what you think.
Going to the gym, changing and showering generally take longer than the time spent exercising. Why not try doing novel exercises in novel places at novel times. They all count…
Anyone can have a sporting adventure. Tailor your adventure to your level of fitness and taste for excitement. Some people are enjoying the new sport of tough mudders, others find…
Art Gallery The paintings in the Art gallery were created by RQ, MH or RQ and MH. Each painting has a short accompanying text, which provides some background. This is…