Message from a Cave
Message from a Cave I’ve been deeply depressed during the last couple of weeks. I’ve been struggling with the inadequacies and immutability of Social…
Saint Valentine’s Day 2018
This is my annual Saint Valentine’s Day soap-box speech. It’s been interesting to observe how attitudes about this day have changed, even from year…
Friendship and Adversity
I have a friend, a man I have known for a very long time, but have never met in person.. In my youth, I …
2017–Phew!
At the end of each year, I’ve written an article summarizing the lessons I received during the previous twelve months, egotistically assuming that people…
Hope
I want to keep Hope alive. I used to think Hope was a mug’s game–foolishly optimistic thinking (in the manner of Pollyanna) that eventually…
For the Holidays!
With the Holidays coming, and people wondering what gifts to give the people they love, I thought I would promote myself–get myself on the…
Happy Birthday!
I have just celebrated my 63rd birthday, and I thought it important to remember how far I’ve come in 365 days. A year ago,…
Social Media–The Good Bits
I’ve been guilty of it myself–trashing social media because of the many ways in which it’s abused. Political news and the haranguing that follows;…
Good News
I’ve received a few gentle reminders that it has been a while since I posted my last article. Part of that has been due…
Your Lips are like Wine…But!
I have terrible luck with women and relationships. They swear they love me for my body, or my mind, but are only interested in…