PinnedMember-onlyJasmin flowers cover the pathA rusty gate waits For the man, it is too far To crush petalsPoetry Sunday1 min readPoetry Sunday1 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Case of the Woman he Loved.Inspired by a fictional tale first published in The Strand magazine. — As it often happens, important moments in your life occur at the strangest of times and when you least expect them. I admit I had been unlucky in love the whole of my 40 years and was ripe for the picking, as the expression is said. I was a contented…Fiction Series6 min readFiction Series6 min read
Mar 2, 2022Member-only2020s are the new 1930s5 reasons we are in trouble, folks — The Twentieth century was a time of incredible turmoil and advancement. We had hoped for a more relaxed Twenty-first century but, human nurture being what it is, it looks like a bumby ride ahead. 1. Putin=Hitler Both foot soldiers from defeated Empires, Germany in WW1 and the Soviet Union in the Cold…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Feb 21, 2022Member-onlyWar…what’s it all about?Why do we have to endure this idiocy. — Photo by author, 2022. As most of you will know, that’s a photo of a waste bin. What you can’t see is the stinking, maggot ridden rubbish inside. I would like to take all the so called leaders of the world, all men these days, and toss them in there…1 min read1 min read
Feb 4, 2022Member-onlyI’m taking Boring and running with it.They tell me Boring is the new black. — A couple of weeks ago someone wrote on Medium that they were making money writing boring articles. Well, I’m in urgent need of money this week because I haven’t worked in the last two weeks due to having a positive test to COVID and feeling like crap. …Boring1 min readBoring1 min read
Jan 29, 2022Member-onlyIt’s Saturday Morning rambles…AgainDay 6 of the week — It looks lovely out the window. Sunshine on the grass and the glossy leaves of the Lilly-Pilly, and it’s been raining so everything has the wet t-shirt look about it. COVID news is a bit depressing though, yesterday 40 people dead locally and 10 000 new cases. …Self Help2 min readSelf Help2 min read
Jan 16, 2022Member-onlyToo far, too old.In my younger days I was a mountain addict. I constantly drew them, took so many photos. I loved to climb the mountains on the island where I grew up. …Mountains2 min readMountains2 min read
Dec 16, 2021Member-onlyThe Case of the Woman he Loved.Chapter Two. Several months previously… — Every mile of sea between the ship and England was met with a sigh of relief. The woman, and several other passengers, didn’t leave the ships railing until the land completely disappeared under the calm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. She could tell from the tear-stained faces that not all…Irene Adler3 min readIrene Adler3 min read
Nov 14, 2021Member-onlyHow many degrees of separation are you from Comrades Vlad Lenin &…This is my list — Stalin1 min readStalin1 min read
Nov 11, 2021Member-onlySeveral Reason Why ‘Big Religion’ sucks.Have you given one of the Big Religions a go anytime lately? By that I mean a church, faith or any old belief system that has branches, chapters or chapels all over the place, all around the country or even the whole planet? I mean, they do come in handy…Religion2 min readReligion2 min read
