SUNDAY BLOG: DAY OF DISASTER AND A MAN OF HISTORY
On this date, which fell on a Saturday in 1953, the sea was high and the wind a storm force gale, 100 miles an hour […]
SUNDAY BLOG: LEST WE FORGET OUR JIMMY AND THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
Beautiful morning looking out of the window hope the kids can get out and build a snowman. Beautiful inauguration when Joe Biden and Karmala were […]
SUNDAY BLOG: DRAWING UP A NEW DAWN
Wednesday 4 p.m. live coverage of Joe Biden inauguration ceremony and no doubt before that we’ll be treated to the ignominious departure of Trump from […]
SUNDAY BLOG: TREES AND TRUMP – UP UP AND AWAY
What a state we are all in – worldwide – and Covid is everywhere. WE MUST ABIDE BY THE RULES. I think most people are […]
SUNDAY BLOG: ART REFLECTS LIFE
A NEW YEAR, A NEW BEGINNING, HOPEFULLY A YEAR WHICH WILL BRING SAFETY FROM COVID 19, A YEAR TO COME TO TERMS WITH LOSS AND […]
SUNDAY BLOG: A MAN OF DISTINCTION.
It was with total shock and sadness to open yesterday’s paper to read of the death of Mark Dougherty. How do you sum up the […]
SUNDAY BLOG: THANK GOODNESS FOR THE POSTMAN.
What a strange and frightening build up to Christmas. Time was we’d be busy shopping, arranging to meet each other for a coffee or something […]
SUNDAY BLOG: WIN OR LOSE IT’S A VITAL TIME FOR A MAN OF STRAW
So Antony Joshua won – well done; Boris Johnson – win or lose? Why is he getting all humpy with the leaders of the EU […]
SUNDAY BLOG: THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS, HOPES AND FEARS AND A GOOD JOKE.
What a week. The news of vaccines which might well overcome the Covid virus in time, offering a hopeful future but we must be vigilant. […]
SUNDAY BLOG: KEEP THE FAITH!
THANK YOU AINGEAL GREHAN FOR SENDING A PICTURE OF THIS BEAUIFUL PAINTING BY RUSSIAN PAINTER 1817-1900 IVAN AIVAZOVSKU. I’M SORRY I CAN’T ENLARGE IT. Why […]