And on the subject of retirement…
I carry with me at all times what might these days probably be best described as a 'man's clutch organiser'. It might, of course, also be called - usually with a whiff…
Not shy – just retiring
"It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man." Professor Scott Elledge on his retirement from Cornell You may have noticed that my posts…
Hubris
Whilst we - the British - as a nation yet bask in the glow of satisfaction engendered by the successful organisation of games Olympic and Paralympic - at having rediscovered…
Oh – I say!
It seems felicitous today to appropriate the catchphrase of the inimitable Dan Maskell, the English tennis player and Davis Cup coach who - post-retirement - became even better know as…
Mr Blue Sky
Never mind, I'll remember you this I'll remember you this way Mr Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne A startlingly lovely early September weekend with clear blue skies and perfect…
Inspirational…
It is only a few short weeks since - in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics - the inhabitants of this sceptic isle regarded the whole extravaganza with…
Continental Drift
The twighlight shadows the horizon The lustre fading from the day I'm stranded on a shrinking island And you are half a world away The hourglass has changed direction The…
This sucks…
Given that Kickass Canada Girl and I lead what, in the main, what can only be described as a charmed existance it would seem somewhat churlish - if that is…
Oh – joy!
The feeling is that of the lost soul who - when dying of thirst on the remorseless sunbaked sands of an unforgiving desert and on spotting on the heat-hazed horizon…
A kind of praise
"Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise." John Gay The day after Kickass Canada Girl and I returned from Provence we had lunch…
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