I love music. I love it a lot. So much can be expressed and experienced by the power of music. I am so grateful for the various influences in my life who have opened avenue after avenue of appreciating the power of the song. Just when I think I’ve got it, someone refers me to […]
Read More A Simple SongDeep and profound, complex and multi-layered. Full of intrigue and mystical in places. Making you scratch your head and think, making you reflect on action and see just how things are. Some people look for that in their stories and that has its place. There is something, however, to be said about the simple story. […]
Read More A Simple StoryIt began with a chat. It developed with conversation. It blossomed because ongoing communication was the order of their relationship. Jon was on the coach, but looked to see if he could find a seat on his own, because he didn’t know anyone else going on the trip. He thought he had found one finally […]
Read More A Simple Conversation: 2 – The Build-UpIt did not have to be blown out of all proportion. People did not need to get hurt. All it needed was … It was not the phone call or a text message. That would allow distance, that would keep them at arm’s length and further. Words would be exchanged, but they would not have […]
Read More A Simple Conversation: 1 – The BreakdownIt’s not always difficult to please her. It can be a simple thing. Make sure there’s sufficient water in the kettle. Switch the kettle on to begin the boiling process. Take the cup out of the cupboard. Get the coffee tin. Get the teaspoon. Get a teaspoon full of coffee. Put it in the cup. […]
Read More … As A Simple Cup of CoffeeAs long as the guy was around, the leadership was sound. It was when the guy left that things got very nervy. The guy was solid. He had been around a long time and so knew which paths to take and which options were worth considering. He didn’t force anything, he just gave sound advice. […]
Read More The Demise: Down To Influence?If only she didn’t turn back. The instructions were clear. We were told to leave. Leave as soon as possible because there was a major development taking place in the city and if we stayed we would be swept up in it and would not survive. I was very clear to my daughters and my […]
Read More No Turning BackOne of the people I was teaching asked me to explain the term ‘substantial’. On that occasion I got all technical on them and said that it meant – stuff. When something is substantial it is full of stuff. When it is not substantial it doesn’t have a lot of stuff in it. The person […]
Read More Something Substantial: Not Just A Cheese SandwichI love a good political thriller. The intrigue, the ambition, the aspiration, the connections, the soaring hopes, the corrupting, the demise, the mess and in some cases the lessons to learn that might point to some sort of redemption. Might. A lot of the political thrillers I come across don’t tend to have much in […]
Read More Finding A Rule That’s RightWord in for the word out. There are different ways that the word gets in you. It can be read, it can be heard, it can be seen, it be felt. Of the various things that makes its way into the system not all of it to allow us to be the better for the […]
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