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The Old Man (revisited)
Last week we heard ‘The Old Man’ sung at a funeral. It’s been on my mind ever since. It’s written by Irish song writer Phil Coulter – best known for pop success in the 1960s writing such songs as ‘Puppet on a String’ and ‘Congratulations’. He wrote ‘The Old Man’ in 1982 after his father…
Am I Capable?
Returned from our Irish holiday yesterday we came through security. They scanned and looked in our bags. A woman scanned my lap-top. I asked her what she was scanning it for. She told me she was checking for explosives. I smiled. It seemed ludicrous. Later I read of Erich Fromm, the German-American humanist philosopher who…
Crunch Point
Three stories I’ve heard in Ireland this week… Crunch point: A pivotal moment or factor that can determine the outcome of a situation. David writes his own plays, has done some acting; he’s been involved with theatres for many years. Out of work, he saw an advert for a ‘theatre assistant’, so he applied. He…
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