Computer Support for Book Writing
Computer Support for the Literary Art of Writing Introduction Software developers and service providers never stop telling us how well we are served by the most recent applications. Such claims…
She Flew Through the Air……….
CHORUS:She'd fly through the air with the greatest of easeA daring young girl on the flying TrapezeHer movements were graceful, all boys she could please That Daring Young Girl on…
Hooray! It’s Tuesday
To-day is Tuesday - all day and there is one a week. I should be so lucky. What's all the fuss? Here's my plan for a Tuesday morning at least:…
See You up the Road M.!
M. was a very good cyclist and a keen long-term member of the 40+ Club, with which he rode regularly once or twice a week. He was overqualified with…
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…
ROMA – Film Review
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 – Review Dialogue
'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…
Nursery Rhymes for Getting a New Life
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…
The Trouble with Art by JH
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…
Community Forum
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…