S Valentine 2020
byEvery year for S Valentine’s Day, I post something about this noble holiday because, whatever its origins, Valentine’s Day is important. There are, of…
Romance
Saint Valentine’s Day 2018
byThis 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…
Saint Valentine’s Day 2017
byThe Ottoman poet Mihri Hatun wrote: At one glance, I love you with a thousand hearts. I’ve always been taken with that opening line,…
FOR YOUR SUMMER READING!!
byThese books by Paul TN Chapman, are available on Amazon.com: Behind These Red Doors: Stories A Cathedral Could Tell (Single-volume edition) Points of faith,…
Valentine’s Day 2016
byA YOUNG LADY recently wrote something on Facebook about Valentine’s Day being dreaded and loathed by those who are single. I’ve been single every…
Secret Notes
byRecently I was sitting at a library table next to a very studious ten-year old girl, a friend of my neighbour’s daughter. She was…
S Valentine’s Day
byThe Day of celebrated Romance is upon us again! It’s a shame a) it is so commercialized, and b) its meaning is so under-celebrated….