In Defence of Social Networks – well, someone has to do it…
…Read More…: In Defence of Social Networks – well, someone has to do it…Vince Cable has launched into the Social Networks with tooth and claw and in Vincent’s case, the teeth may be a little rotten and the claws somewhat calcified, but the dear man does have a record of speaking the truth quite often. So he needs to be taken seriously, even though he heads a party…
FROM PINK TO GREEN – Why it’s time to vote for the environment and why you won’t?
…Read More…: FROM PINK TO GREEN – Why it’s time to vote for the environment and why you won’t?It took me a while to be Green. I’ve always been shades of pink you see- starting from the basic theory that all men are born equal, and the Blues (in the UK the Blues are the Tories) would never admit it. The discovery that all women are born equal too. Then the further realisation…
Am I Ignoring You?
…Read More…: Am I Ignoring You?There were something like 54 comments to my blog in the last couple of months which I stored and ignored because I am a paranoid blogger who has heard far too many horror stories. There are the obvious selling spams, most of which have variations on this (url deleted to protect the innocent) : “This…
Winnie RIP
…Read More…: Winnie RIPWinnie as I love to remember her: so beautiful, so serene and yet to experience bitterness and hatred And yet – there is a sense of embattlement in her eyes. It’s as if she has been resisting all her life. She had only three years of happiness with Nelson, and those years were filled with…
Teaching Again – escaping retirement!
…Read More…: Teaching Again – escaping retirement!The paragraph below suddenly appeared on my Facebook page. Perhaps I typed it: I seem to have unretired. Back to working in a High School. I had forgotten how many laughs per day teaching can provide! Brain engaged! The Teacher Walk: a swooshing fly down the corridors, eyes swivelling and scanning for the slightest trace…
A Dilemma: self-publish the poems? Or chase a deal?
…Read More…: A Dilemma: self-publish the poems? Or chase a deal?Help! A strange thing is happening. Poetry is being published again! Some publishers have discovered that there is a real market for poetry. Recently my AD (Adopted Daughter) completed her first book of poetry and decided (with my encouragement) to self-publish. So she put a cover together, signed up with https://www.createspace.com and created her first Slim…
NHS CRISIS – What Crisis? THIS one.
…Read More…: NHS CRISIS – What Crisis? THIS one.Did you ever die? Me neither. Unless we believe in reincarnation. But I very nearly did twice. Both times I was in the care of the NHS. The first time was when I was ambulanced into Chelsea and Westminster Hospital years ago, with intense paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. That’s when the heart goes mad like a…
NHS, STRESS and DURESS
…Read More…: NHS, STRESS and DURESSPART 2: FAR FROM THE MADDING FAT ….This morning a horrible letter lay grinning at me from the mat like a snake on opioids. I knew it was a snake because it was from UW Medicine, the hospital in Seattle which had treated me initially when the gallstones first attacked my insides like red hot…
Is the NHS a MESS?
…Read More…: Is the NHS a MESS?OR IS IT JUST ME? Certainly Donald Trump thinks so, and so do the thousands who demonstrated in London on Saturday. As to me, I have had weeks of intimate interface with the NHS, of getting better acquainted, of becoming viscerally involved. Literally. Clash teeth emoji. Are they both right? Could this be the only…