Arran Morning
One of the beautiful places on this earth is the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Go there if you can. You’ll never forget the aura of…
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03/02/2015
So that’s what the kids read these days…
Revelation I wasn’t expecting a revelation on the bus. Imagine, my first trip from Glasgow to Ayr on the X77 express. It’s a pretty hot ticket, if not for the…
01/02/2015
Goodbye Dad … I love you
Just after my father passed I drove down to say 'goodbye dad'. This is what happened. Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them. George Eliot The…
29/01/2015
The Gulf
Isn't The Gulf a sunny place? Why did an event over 50 years old walk up and tap my shoulder a few days ago? I mean, what could I say to a fervent "Christian" who judged and…
12/01/2015
Constructive Anger … Possible?
Constructive Anger? Nah, impossible Angry people want you to see how powerful they are... loving people want you to see how powerful you are. Chief Red Eagle What do you…
07/01/2015
No Santa? Says who?
No Santa? After a bright smile of greeting, my grandson's broad, innocent face clouded with distress. When he hugged me he whispered, through a choking sob. "There's no Santa." "Of course…
24/12/2014
Spanking Banking, a promise made
Spanking Banking … on the cusp of change G’day, my name is Bruce, I’m the Mathematical Professor of Hydrodynamics at the University of Woolahmaloo. This is my Associate Professor, Charlie,…
04/12/2014
Man on the Run
“Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes.” Robert M. Hutchins I can sprint as fast as Usain Bolt. At least it felt that way the…
21/11/2014
The Procurement Money Pit
The procurement money pit spend, spend, spend … control, what's that?
19/09/2014
Mindfulness. Might 10 words help fix the long suffering workaholic within?
Why some of the beautiful people kill themselves is a mystery — or is it?
05/04/2014