Haiku for Beginners
Dr <DD> got me going on this.......he is a bit of a dab hand, as you can read. I am, on the other hand, very much a beginner.....I am not…
A few assumptions to get us going……
Life distinguishes animals and plants from matter. It includes the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. Similar concepts include: existence; being; entity; sentience, creation, etc. Life contrasts with death; non-existence; nothingness etc. Life also includes: vitality; vigour; energy etc.
Life can be usefully described as: physical; mental and social. Of course, as lived, it includes all three and all the time. It can be useful, however, to differentiate them for specific purposes.We will use what ever suits. Not to worry.This will do for the time being.
CP’s Corner
CP shares some thoughts with his reader 20 November, 2020 As for the biobook........After a little thought - not deep, I don’t do deep - I conclude that it must…
It’s All in the Bible by CP
We all use familiar phrases and sayings in our everyday conversation, but have you ever wondered about their origins? Many are to be found in the Bible, a large number…
J and BBF’s Auzon Phrasebook for First and Second Homers
Like all good ideas on this blogsite, the present escapade originated from two different people and started out as two different ideas. BBF's idea was for J to help her improve…
Trouble Shooting a Garden
JL has a very large second-home garden - 500M2, in France. It was unwanted; but went with the house, which was going for a song. Irresistible or what? However, with…
What My Family Means To Me
The small cluster of surviving SPs are of course scattered and inaccessible at the moment. N has maintained a strict social isolation policy because she feels that she is in…
Flying Turtles by Dr DD
MH I really enjoyed and like this. There is an unreal air about it all; but it's also very much to the point. It's at the same time a bit…
CP BioBook
This is a post (!) modern (that is, non-linear) memoir (or autobiography) of CP. The life categories of CP are nevertheless ordered by decade. They can be accessed independently of…
Covid-19 – Witness to Your Own Experience
More than enough has been written about the dreaded virus. It would be impertinent to try to add thereto and certainly not in similar vein. Personal witnessing to the truth,…
Personalising Petitions – How, Why and Some Examples
On-line petitions have become quite popular with the spread of digital communications and some would argue quite influential too. Petitioners are encouraged to 'personalise their petitions' by the petition organisers,…
A Political Ping Pong Exchange between Unlikeminded Cousins and Others
INTRODUCTION BREMAIN/BREXIT EXCHANGE https://www.facebook.com/john.long.73550794/posts/2213357368701040https://www.facebook.com/home.php Dear John Long, The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU.”. Government responded: You’re receiving this email because…
‘Self-portrait’ a poem by John Christopher Wade
Self-portrait_____________________________________ In London are found, the vistas, vales and ponds of Hampstead Heath, And Kenwood House, upon a time a noble-man, to the nation bequeath, Our happiness often made a…
Horse-racing and What it Means to Me – Cousin P
Horseracing has many different appeals: the power and grace of the horses, the people involved in the sport, the thrill of the competition, the breeding, the different training methods,…
The Pings and Pongs of the Tour de France – a Cousinly Exchange
CP and CJ are cousins and both are interested in the Tour de France. For more information on their relationship and by way of an introduction - see 'Life at…
‘Life at GW’ by Cousin P
Cousin P and I have little or nothing in common except some early shared family experiences and and our tertiary education. The former consisted of very jolly Xmas and family…
Bremain versus Brexit – or How the Lion lay down with the Lamb
Following a Blog Posters' Executive Committee minutes to-do list, we have decided to take on major issues of the day. Again, witnessing to the truth of our own experience, we…
Dialogue of the Death?
DIALOGUE OF THE DEATH? SP and MH have known each other on and off since the early ‘70s, when both were researchers in C. Their relationship has many aspects –…
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…
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…