Here it is, and so amusing in light of the day. It was an email to a friend, I was living in San Francisco at the time, so it was probably written in March or…
I awoke to a poem, sent by a friend who had given me a poem for my birthday three years before. This poem’ sentiments so needed these days.An epilogueI have seen flowers come in stony…
I was plunged int nostalgia this morning when opening an email from CPI. It is the banner head of the Gateway, The newspaper of the University of Alberta, my (and CPI’s alma mater. It shall…
I new word came to my deranged mind – it is dalliance. I am not sure why but an explanation of the word will make it clear. Dalliance brief or casual involvement with something: Berkeley…
I have a strange enough mind under ordinary conditions but these days/weeks of ‘self isolation’ are making matters even worse. A strange habit has emerged – I suddenly think of a word and know that…
To release the boredom of self quarantine I decided to take the identity of a damsel imprisoned in a tower during medieval times. COI suggested that Rapunzel might be a good role model. So, of…
I woke up yesterday in a state of utter contentment, even bliss. It was almost like a religious experience. It did not however lead me to even contemplate writing which is a daily compulsion. I…
,I avoid, at all costs, perseverating about the coronavirus. But, receiving and dispensing accurate trustworthy information is my one indulgence. The New Yorker came to my rescue with an article that begins in the following…
So this is the word from UAE “The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) is pleased to announce the guidelines and precautionary measures for the preparation of reopening the malls and shopping centres in…
A thought kept running through my head – I emailed CPIMe: Who is the guy that was tilting windmills.She: Don Quixote. So of course I had to Google it. A Spanish novel written in two…