Age old
When the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then life will go on as usual on this third planet from the insignificant star we call \”Sun\”.
See your Pascal and raise you a
Marcus Aurelius: \”If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be
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The eyes had it
Increasingly I find it hard to read with these old stroke-affected eyes. And to write. So that\’s all a bit of a bugger…
Chesty Bond
Well, some things have improved – bladder, lungs, heart. Some things not – constant pain in chest (ribs, muscles, nerves). But what\’s that old saying – \”Better than the alternative…\”?
Half a league, half a league…
When will the combination of prescribed burning, forestry and farming see the extinction of half the native terrestrial flora and fauna species in Australia? Twenty years? And when will it see total extinction?
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Insensate
I can remember some sights and sounds going back almost 75 years. Not possible to remember tastes, smells, touch. Or is that just me?
Rite of passage
As I approached my 80th birthday last month I thought I was about to join an exclusive but welcoming club. We 90th decade people would think deep thoughts, have coffee club mornings, publish unpublished manuscripts, go for forest walks, attend art gallery openings, and so on. Paradise. Instead my 80th birthday launched me over a