Coda
When I wrote a post recently raising a cheer for the culmination of the long process towards adding Canadian citizenship (and a matching passport) to my existing British variants of both – I assumed that…
Every glittering ounce
“Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.” Hunter S. Thompson It is hardly feasible – no matter…
Goals and targets!
Target – an indicator established to determine how successfully you are achieving an objective. Goal – an indicator established to determine whether you have achieved your objective. I had an email from an advisor at…
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach 1928 – 2023 RIP I mentioned only the other day in this forum that it was deeply saddening that we seem in these times to be losing so many of those giants upon…
Huzzah!
It is not often that one gets to celebrate happy occurrences two days running. This just happens to be one of those occasions. In my last post I announced the long-awaited arrival last Friday of…
Finally!
Clearly a day to celebrate! Back in May 2012 The Girl was about to pay a visit to the UK so that she could attend her citizenship ceremony… Those who have not been following this…
Perfect
In my recent ‘review of 2022‘ post I mentioned – amongst other worthy achievements – that Anam Danu (the musical vehicle created in conjunction with The Chanteuse) had had a good year – in that…
Jonathan Raban – David Crosby
David Crosby 1941 – 2023 Jonathan Raban 1942 – 2023 RIP It is a sad fact that the passing of those who have shaped our lives – those who have, in some form or other,…
Looking back
Ah! January… ‘Tis the time of year to reflect on the one that has just passed. Did it measure up to our hopes and expectations? Given the state of the world, did we have much…
Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck 1944 – 2023 RIP Very sad to hear of the passing of yet another rock legend – the great Jeff Beck. Along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Jeff was one of those…