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Per chance I met this charming old lady this afternoon on a park bench. She told me that she felt a tad bronzed off with all the bad news going on in the world. I tried to cheer her up and once she got to speaking about herself ( like many people ) her moodContinue reading “A Charming Old Lady.”

The bloggers daughter wanted to go to Bath today and shop. Not always the best idea on a weekend Saturday but she also had the wish to eat at the Scallop Shell a renowned fish and chip shop there. As fathers do I relented and agreed to go. The journey west was uneventful but asContinue reading “Why the Romans left Bath.”

When Yocheved Lifschitz 85, was released last night she turned to her captor and shook hands saying goodbye. It was not Stockholm syndrome but an act of love and forgiveness. Of course she and her husband retained hostage had lived peace all their lives alongside Jew / Palestinian. Her daughter was reunited with her inContinue reading “What next ?”

With the passing of Bobby Charlton I take a moment to reflect on legends of the land. As Agincourt is famous in battle so too is Ashington in battle on another field. The brothers Charlton Jack ( photo left ) and Bobby right were born in the Colliery town of Northumberland. Destined to work inContinue reading “Sibling Soccer.”

So sad to see at 1pm Thursday the once flourishing Carriageway alongside south of Hyde Park those 350 acres once home mid 19th Century of the Great Exhibition. Today we see the Great Inhibition founded by successive London Mayors bent on emptying these streets for what ? The Carriageway once alleviated the congestion on HydeContinue reading “Sad Sights.”

An American asked me once if I was busy and I replied’ chock-a-block ‘. He roared with laughter saying he’d never heard of that expression before. Is the Mayflower a true story I ask ? Anyway the news theses days is chock-a-block with horrible things crammed full of commotion and none of it adds up.Continue reading “Chock-a-block.”

As I walked through one of the 329 Waitrose supermarkets today the above caught my eye. Waitrose is wholly owned by the John Lewis Partnership and last year they sold. £7.3billion of food making £894m profit ( one out of 8 pies a profit ). Anyway none of that is the point . The realityContinue reading “Let’s not Mince words.”

On a grey cloudy October day these two birds flew my way. There were three at first overhead but one nosedived as they sought stray rodents in the meadows beneath. They glided on the air streams , nature’s free passage for these birds in flight. As they flew they ushered in a peace upon theContinue reading “Just for a moment.”

Hope is the expectation of an outcome of something that you wish for happening. There seems to be an atmosphere presently as I tread the streets , listen to news and scan the scene of the absence of hope. In recent days I’ve met and spoken to many friends. The range since the weekend ofContinue reading “Hope”

When people invest their money they do so for both an income return and capital appreciation. The enemy to both is often inflation , that corrosive element , that money moth that eats away at purchasing power. 30 years is effectively an Investment lifetime as it is a period that covers the majority of mortgageContinue reading “Numbers up.”