Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure?
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May 25 2011
When Laurens van der Post one night In the Kalihari Desert told the Bushmen He couldn’t hear the stars Singing, they didn’t believe him. They looked at him, Half-smiling. They examined his face To see whether he was joking Or deceiving them. Then two of those small men Who plant nothing, who have almost Nothing [...]
May 25 2011
If this doesn’t cheer you up on a May morninig . . ANY morning – nothing will!
May 24 2011
I support the need to present these facts to counteract all the rubbish that is circulated about Israel and Israelis. No other country in the world is as demonized by lies, distortions and unfair accusations as they are. Since a small child, and living in NW London, I have made friends with and been fond [...]
May 23 2011
This month’s article by David Spangler has the phrase: “One has to ‘walk’ on the earth, extending one’s self into the life of this world.” I published his article because of that sentence. On re-reading it today, I wondered why those words struck such a deep chord within me. So I will try to explain. [...]
May 23 2011
What most struck me in the past few days was a statement from President Obama in an interview he did for the CBS television news show, 60 Minutes. He was asked if he was going to release photos of Osama’s body, and he had said no, even though it might provide additional proof of Osama’s [...]
May 20 2011
This is the man I had the privilege of meeting a couple of months ago, here in the UK. You may remember that we published his Dimbley Lecture last year. His heart-felt committment to changing legislation so that assisted dying can be available to those who want it, is also near to my own heart. [...]