Sunday 16 February 2025 Sometimes words are like tears. Sometimes they quietly emerge from out of the corners of our perception. At other times they pour out of us like the torrent of my rushing river. And there are times when they cannot flow. My research on this calendar day has drawn me to 1923.… Continue reading Another season
Tag: relationships
What’s love got to do with it?
Thursday 14 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye Where does one find love? Perhaps Rome? Above: Roma (Rome), Italia The Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin is a minor basilican church in Rome, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Located in the rione (neighborhood) of Ripa and constructed first in the 6th century as a diaconia (deaconry) in an area of the city populated by Greek immigrants,… Continue reading What’s love got to do with it?
The coldest night of the year
Eskişehir, Türkiye Thursday 21 March 2024 An emotional evening yesterday. A student, proficient in his Encounter (the name of my school’s oral examination of a Unit), checks his messages on his phone as I search for a time slot wherein I can schedule the engineer’s next appointment.. He begins to cry as he learns that… Continue reading The coldest night of the year
Canada Slim and the Injured Queen
Cernabbio, Lago di Como, Italia, 1 August 2017 We disembarked from the lake steamer, the wife and I on vacation, eager to visit the Villa d´Este and Villa Erba. The day would make me consider the role of women in the world and especially the role of my wife in my own. The Villa d´Este, originally called… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Injured Queen
What´s up, Doc? / Pier Pressure
Like many people, despite there being probably more years of life behind me than ahead, I have always been uncomfortable with the notion of my own mortality. Many years ago while browsing through a bookshop I came across a book called How We Die, which went to graphic, explicit detail of the exact bodily processes… Continue reading What´s up, Doc? / Pier Pressure
After sunset
My thoughts this morning while waiting for sunrise is the question of male/female relationships. My visit to Freiburg last week and the discussions I had with friends remain strongly imprinted in my mind. One topic my closest male friends and I talk about after work, tech, movies, music and politics are our relationships with the “fairer… Continue reading After sunset
Interplanetary communication
Events of recent days have made me think about women and how men, including myself from time to time, have difficulty knowing how to peacefully and harmoniously co-exist with that strange and mysterious phenomenon known as Woman. My good friend Sumit and his wife Varsha are the proud and happy parents of their first child,… Continue reading Interplanetary communication
Lost sheep
As those who know me will attest I am far from being a religious fellow. That having been said, attempts were made in the past by others eager to save my soul from myself so some of what was taught still remains with me long after Christian fundamentalist friends and family have abandoned all hope… Continue reading Lost sheep
Pedestrian on the Information Highway
There is a powerful short story, referred to in Fahrenheit 451, called The Pedestrian, by the late great sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury. A man regularly goes for a stroll through the empty streets of a big futuristic metropolis to observe and absorb the world outside his door. One night a robotic patrol car stops him… Continue reading Pedestrian on the Information Highway
The Bedroom: A Hostel Environment
Back in Geneva, but this time staying at a hostel instead of in a hotel. As I am sure most of you are aware of, there are four basic types of hostel: – the YM/YWCA type hostel – the Salvation Army type hostel – the IYHA type hostel – the independent/backpackers hostel The differences between… Continue reading The Bedroom: A Hostel Environment