DISCOVERY!
I am woken at 5 30 am by an extraodinary combination of noises - the wind off Lake Michigan, a helicopter and police sirens. Life in a cit
The University of Chicago
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I see that Mr Brown has had an inevitable thrashing at the polls - I hope it causes a wake up in some sort of shape. From this distance and looking at
Montgomery Place
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About a mile or 15 minutes brisk walk from Brent House is Montgomery Place - a continuing Care retirement community and (much to my surprise) a place
Welcome to Chicago
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I confess to a certain unease about flying - I never quite know how and why the plane manges to get off the ground - and this particular plane did se
Goodbye and thank you to VTS
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By the time that my English friends read this I should be in the air flying off to Chicago - how time passes! American Airlines from Ronald Regan airp
If music be the food of love …..
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play on - play on. It is heavy rain here in Washington and I can hear the sound of the water on the roof above me that has woken me up. I shall miss
Megachurch on a Saturday evening
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Megachurch is the term given (surprisingly) to a church that attracts over 2,000 people at a weekly service - they are indendepent Wvangelical churche
Successful Ageing?
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On the 25th of April I shared with you some random musings about age - let me try this concept which is all the rage here in the USA - successful
In praise of …
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Spring!
This is my last weekend at VTS and I prepare to fly off to Chicago on Wednesday. I do not quite know where the month has gone - but I am fu
What is he doing with all that time??
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Well - you may wonder and so do I!! Time passes by - sometimes we notce and sometimes we don't. This space has given me valuable time to read and li
Color as Field – American Painting from 1950 to 1975
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A decision to escape the activity of a community for a more solitary pursuit paid great dividends today in the shape of the discovery of Color
Earth Day
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On Sunday morning I travelled to Washington National Cathedral ( ee 9th of April) for the Morning Eucharist at 11am. I would have guessed at 2,500
I know why the Caged Bird Sings
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I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is brui
Social Injustice
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What makes you angry - and I do not mean just cross but really angry? What parts of the world around us should webe wanting or working to change?
I
In praise of ……
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THE T SHIRT AND ITS SLOGAN!!!
Time for a smile - (I hope). I popped into Alexandria this morning to sort out a few things - and to buy a couple of
In praise of …….
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READING BOOKS - ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE YOURS!!
The sun is high in the sky and doing its work without any hindrance from the clouds
This green and positive land
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OK - he was waving at thousands of other people as well but smiling at me! Well - perhaps not just me. They do love him and my - they can shout a
Learning what is important as we age ?
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There are some great liberations that surround old age. Abraham Maslow once suggested that wisdom was the accumulation of knowledge and experien
Creative Ageing and learning new tricks!!
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Be careful - learners around here!
They are a hospitable, open, positive and friendly lot the Americans that I have had the joy of meeting so far
What is the future for religion?
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RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS OF THE WORLD
I watched the CNN programme which was entitled Faith and Politcs : The Compassion Forum - a head to head betwee