It's about Mum. Mum has Atzheimer's and is living in a home. I see her when I can. I visited twice this last week. On the second visit she called me Steven: She got my name right. Two years ago, before I started the present job, and before she was in care, I spent some …
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 450 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 8 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the …
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the …
An open letter to Carphone Wareouse
Dear Carphone Warehouse, Thankyou for your concern in trying to contact me, one of your customers. However if you check your records you will find that I did speak to you, on December 2nd. Back then I told you I was not interested in your offer, but the calls have continued, up to four times …
Too many tenors
One of the delights of pop music is it is easy to sing along to. And catch: Many are the earworms I have been unable to shake from my head. The problem is that for years I have been unable to sing along. My singing voice is in too low a register. Too many tenors …
Tradition isn’t what it used to be
Sunday 7th December 2014 Two ways of looking at the same thing. Wayne Clarke on BBC Radio Leeds was talking about a story in the papers that Schools are less likely to do traditional Christmas plays. They were reporting this as if it was a bad thing. Clarke, a Baptist minister, disagreed. He said that …
Space is big
Space is big. Very big. In fact the latest scientific understanding, if I understand it correctly, is that the universe is infinity large — and expanding. On top of that there may be an infinite number of parallel universes which gives the size of the multiverse as being an infinity of infinities. As I said, space …
The Role that Prayer Plays in Spiritual Growth
We are about to enter Advent, a time of preparation for Christmas. What better way to prepare than to pray. Anyone care join me in doing this> Here's the plan I'll be following...
Masterpiece
We are 'playing chopsticks' And God is inter-weaving a musical masterpiece around that
Let’s talk about sex
There's a funny thing about sex. No I'n not saying the old joke that a woman naked except for her stockings is erotic, but a man naked except for his socks is ridiculous. But I an talking about what is erotic. It isn;t as simple as a lack of clothes, On holiday this tear there …
Making an ass of myself 