I can’t think

Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car). Harrods I used to be fascinated by Harrods, it’s beautiful inside, we bought a cat comb there in 1984 and we still have it. I also bought a large jigsaw puzzle so that I could walk out of there looking wealthy.ContinueContinue reading “I can’t think”

Clarence: Stateside

Well, well, well. Not such a close contest after all. I’m trying to think of one sensible thing to say that doesn’t include “excuse me what?!” Oddly I’m not as alarmed as I thought I would be, in some ways a rebel suits America’s personality. I’m sure that millions would disagree though. He’s one ofContinueContinue reading “Clarence: Stateside”

Today Matters

What will your life be like in three years? “Man plans, God laughs” comes to mind. With the teaching I’ve had in my life I make happiness my only aim, because its existence suggests that everything is wonderful. You can try to imagine the money you need, the lifestyle you want, and you’re told toContinueContinue reading “Today Matters”

World Fun Day

Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. It would be compulsory to attend and big multi cultural, multi-gender groups would be a rule. Respect At the beginning we would start with my very favourite, simple, song: “How Could Anyone Ever Tell You?” By Karen Drucker: “How could anyone ever tell youYou wereContinueContinue reading “World Fun Day”

Parenthesis of a Happy Child

I thought I knew who you wereand how it wasI thought I understoodeverythingI believed in the pastin the certainty of memoryYet you were layers within layersof life and meaningComplex in your simplicityconcave in self-beliefYou said you knew the waybut you were only trying To lead me safelyto an unknown destinationTheories authorised your existencelife made aContinueContinue reading “Parenthesis of a Happy Child”