Monthly Archives: September 2016

By now, you know I am an incurable optimist. Always have been. So from my early years, the rainbow was always more than pretty colours – it was a promise. At school they tried to kill the magic by explaining … Continue reading →

On 7 September I wrote about clippings, including one of own from the 70’s and my case for taking time off between leaving school and going on to university. This week in The Guardian, Danny Dorling wrote a nicely grafted … Continue reading →

A few days back, Hillary Clinton became unwell at a 9/11 memorial event in New York. Big news story. An hour or so later, she came back out on the street, radiant and smiling (and of course waving). A CNN … Continue reading →

Like I wrote in my last blog (and several times before), I am a hamster. I cannot resist collecting (good) cartoons, funny drawings, pictures especially if they have a powerful message inside them. So now I pull a few out … Continue reading →

As you will already know, I am a hamster and I hate throwing things away, even worse losing them. With Facebook, I gladly copy images people have posted, especially if they are amusing, and keep them safe so one day … Continue reading →