Those commies
Odd, I say VERY odd, to think that both Nixon and Reagan would be too left wing for Trump\’s Republican Party.
History
Bloody trail
The second part of a two part tv series \”Bloodlands\” is now streaming after a wait of several years. A great cast (led by James Nesbitt and Victoria Smurfitt) and an intricate plot makes this unmissable. But also, I increasingly found, very hard to watch, for reasons it took a while to understand. Ostensibly the setting
Life, the universe…
As you reach 80 you suddenly become aware of life span differentials – Life expectancy at birth was 81.2 years for males and 85.3 years for females
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Collecting thoughts
You spend your life collecting accumulating things. Beautiful things Interesting things Historic things Personal things Family things Reminder things. And then one day near the end of life you have to throw them all out.
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Jordan air
When I hear just the first sentences uttered by religious apologists or the merely religious my immediate reaction is always \”what are you talking about?\” And the second sentence. None of it makes any sense. You listening Jordan?
Laughter lines
Occurs to me that there are probably next to none comedians in Iran and none at all in North Korea. Could we then construct a Comedy Index of number of comedians per head of population, the higher the CI the more civilised the country? But then what about the USA in the era of Trump?
Reaching September
As the days dwindle down I find it increasingly hard to read books. Hell, I can barely manage to write them.
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Turning point
Turning 79 is not nothing but it has that last of the summer wine vibe (or perhaps more accurately dregs of the summer wine). Turning 80 on the other hand will be entering an unknown land that no one escapes alive. \”Not cheery\”? Not cheery.
Foggy foggy dew
As illnesses pile up, one two, three…. my brain fills with fog and I cannot see or think straight achieve anything plan anything.
Come with me into the garden
Walking around my garden feels just like it did 27 years ago. Sadly I don\’t.
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