Words on Hope
byOn 30 January, I spoke at a ‘Vigil for the World’ service at the Episcopal Church of the Mediator in Allentown PA. This is…
dignity
Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here!
byIt is no exaggeration to say that for the country, and for the planet, things have been horrid. We are experiencing the most brutal…
Message from a Cave
byMessage 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…
Loyalty
byWhen I woke up this morning, 4th July, my first thought was not about Independence, but about Loyalty. I find the concept of loyalty…
Ranting
byI suppose this article is a rant. A couple of weeks ago, I finally received personal property that had been stored in the Midwest…
Views from a Trench Coat
byI bought a Burberry trench coat in 2010. It was a costly purchase meant to last for years. Indeed, it was very well made…
You Revisited
byOne hundred articles ago, I wrote a piece called ‘You’ that was well received. You can read it here: http://paultnchapman.com/?p=132 I wrote about what…
Home to Roost in 2016
byAt the end of each year, I post an article about lessons I’ve learnt in the previous twelve months. Readers following my dubious ‘exploits’…
Beaten Fish
byMany years ago, I was in a fish market in Chinatown. A woman came in to buy a fish, and pointed out the live…
Limbo–It’s Not Just a Dance
byA while back I wrote an article in which I referred to Limbo. I live at the moment in an inexpensive motel in a…