It is almost the end of October of this most extraordinary of years that we call 2020 and mark as the beginning of a new decade. Just three months into the beginning of another year full of plans and regular life, the governments of the world made regulations to limit personal freedom, travel and business –…
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192. Fresh Oil
Alexander Pope said: Swift fly the years. Of this 2020, I can say: swift flies the year. How shall we describe our perplexing and bizarre two thirds of this first year of the twenties-decade? Peculiar, astonishing, odd, weird – of course, we can use a whole series of adjectives and they could all apply, except maybe normal, average,…
184. Entering the darkness.
I cannot really say it is my favourite story, because I have many favourites – equal favourites… non-gradable. I have some of the stories of the Bible so burnt into my mind, that it is part of my basic outlook on life for as long as I can remember. So, let’s us have look…
180. If my people…
It is the end of March 2020. If there were ever a time that I felt I am living history, it is in this time of global lockdown to contain a virus. The world has become silent. Most people are withdrawn into their own homes or are confined to their dwelling place, some quite…
179. Breaking News – tell the story
The year is 1634. The plague is raging throughout Europe. The Black Death, they call it. It causes terrible sores that fester and break open. The people are desperate and fearful. The winter is colder than usual… and long. I am getting ahead of myself. We are so familiar with the red frame on the…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 