As a title, "Nothing stays the same" must strike you as pretty much here we go again, Tim stating the bleeding obvious. Change in places we have been to before and are revisiting can be welcome or not. Some places exist as continual reinventions of themselves, I am thinking especially of Singapore and Hong Kong. Others change slightly here and there, historic cities in Europe are like this, where the mediaeval core sits…
"Never talk to strangers, Timothy."
Sorry Mum, I have. Well, it wasn't my fault. I was standing by the traditional statuary Vietnam Memorial in Washington (as one does), which was a good vantage point for what I was hoping to do when I heard a lady talking about the Memorial. I couldn't help but want to add my opinion. As you've probably gathered I have one or two.
I explained that I hadn't been…
This is a question I never bothered to consider before Laing died. I have now discovered there are friends and then there are friends.
The reason for asking this question is because I have today met a lady who will soon be 93 that Laing and I first met in 1990. This time we have met again probably for the fourth time, but the first without Laing. Our relationship has consisted of the Christmas ritual of Jean sending…
According to my watch it is Saturday, according to the computer it is Sunday.
Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco, but my brain is somewhere in mid Atlantic. The cabin crew was wonderful. I was spoiled something rotten, and a friend told me, "You'll have the trollies eating out of your hand." I did too! Not enough passengers realise a simple 'please' and 'thank you' go a long way and gets you a little…
