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No more turning awayFrom the weak and the wearyNo more turning away from the coldness insideJust a world that we all must shareIt’s not enough just to stand and stareIs it only a dream that there’ll beNo more turning away? Chris often sends me random songs. I hadn’t met Pink Floyd’s ‘On the Turning Away’Continue reading “Turning Away Or Facing Up”

One of the good things about the TV coverage of the Olympics has been the interviews with family and friends back in Britain – medal winning athletes are seen as ordinary people like us. Last night it was gymnast Max Whitlock. At his gymnastics club in Basildon children, teenagers and adults, ordinary people from allContinue reading “Those Who Aren’t Like Me”

You can tell you’re getting old when you start sentences with, ‘In my day…’ or ‘When I was a boy/girl…’ or ‘Do you remember when…’, and you compare today with something from your past. The sentence then continues with something about phones, television programmes, music, the price of things, schools, clothes and fashion, food, computers,Continue reading “Handkerchiefs and Tissues”

There is a dayThat all creation’s waiting for,A day of freedom and liberation for the earth. Last week Simone Biles, the world’s best female gymnast withdraw from the Olympics for the sake of her mental health. We remembered Naomi Osaka, world number 2 tennis player speaking of her bouts of depression. Then Ben Stokes, EnglandContinue reading “There is a Day”

It’s an old joke. A panda walks into a pub and orders a sandwich. When he’s finished he pulls out a gun and shoots the barman. The manager asks the panda ‘Why did you do that?’ The panda replies, ‘I’m a panda. Look it up,’ and walks away. The manager looks up ‘panda’ on hisContinue reading “Sagah… and Pandas”

Musing on words that we usually read at Christmas:: ‘The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.’ Starlight Express is a long running West End musical in which the actors perform the entire show on roller skates: Rusty,Continue reading “Light at the End of the Tunnel”

Yesterday we went to Mark and Lisa’s house. It was a ‘little do’ for their son Levi. He’s about to go to Bristol for four years. He’ll be a trainee construction supervisor at Skanska… Taking the next step isn’t always easy. For Levi it’s stepping from the known to the unknown, moving away from homeContinue reading “Taking The Next Step”

I’ve watched bits of the Olympic Games over the past few days… familiar and unfamiliar sports… skateboarding, surfing, equestrian dressage… It’s amazing how quickly I can become an expert! Yesterday I watched British girls getting bronze medals. The taekwondo girl was expecting to win gold; to her the bronze was a disappointment. The gymnastic girlsContinue reading “Great Expectations”

More pictures of migrants attempting to enter the UK… At least 8,452 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year; last Monday alone there were more than 430. Musing… three extreme responses: ‘Illegal immigrants! Our country’s full; they’re taking advantage of us!’ ‘These are people with extreme problems; we should help them.’Continue reading “Immigration – New Legislation”

In the old TV show ‘Blankety Blank’ celebrities were invited to fill in the blanks in a given phrase… I continue to enjoy the Marsh Family. Their most recent ‘Lockdown World’ shows their skills and creativity both lyrically and musically. I’ve been playing Blankety Blank with ‘____down world’. Here are six of the ‘blank-down worlds’,Continue reading “Blankety Blank… Lockdown World”