There’s been a lot of talk of poultry recently around ADL towers. And when I think poultry I think eggs. And then I remember being lectured as a little boy not to count my chickens before they’d hatched. I’m sure there’s a fascinating story as to why this particular quote gets stuck in my head,
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Once upon a time there was a very lazy bird. A bird so lazy that he didn’t do anything unless he really had to. “Why do today what I can put off till tomorrow?” he would chirp merrily as he sunned himself in his favourite tree. Now this bird’s favourite food was worms. Wriggly ones
I’m no spring chicken. In fact I’d cheerfully describe myself as something more autumn, perhaps late September with a hint of October. I’ve seen a few things in my time, worked in both hemispheres and seen my share of success and failure. But I’m not done yet. There’s a whole lot of life left in
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It’s politics season here in the UK, which is always a curious moment to reflect on the strangeness of time. Specifically I find that wherever I am in the world watching something very dull, like a lengthy political speech, it seems to cause time to slow down. And then there’s the way there never seems to
One of those things you notice being an ex-pat in a foreign country is all those odd customs that another land has. For instance, this week in England we’re having another royal occasion, to be specific, a royal funeral. Who died you ask? Why Richard the Third. Yes, that Richard the Third. The hunchback, drooling,
It’s a pessimistic old world we live in. You can’t help reading the news or watching TV and being filled with pity at all the horrible things going on. Killings, hunger, natural disasters, even more near to our hearts, cases of injustice against people, animals and our environment continue to assail us daily with stories
Three years is a long time.  Thirty six months or 156 weeks of commitment is a lot to ask of anyone, but that’s how much a UK Degree course typically asks of its students. Things are even longer in institutions following the model of the United States, and Universities elsewhere, where no less than four
Ah Christmas! It’s such a wonderful time of year and brings back so many wonderful memories. Like the time I discovered Father Christmas’ secret identity – my own mother. Standing in the kitchen, wrapping presents and eating the cherries I’d set out for the reindeer. That was the tradition in Australia you see, not carrots.  And then there
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