Jen Waller“By the time the wind has blown the weather vane around, I’ll show you if I can, No matter what the circumstances for one thing I’m renowned, My character is spit spot spic and span, I’m practically perfect in every way.” (Practically Perfect from Disney’s Mary Poppins, music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe) … Read more
“As for your future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) This is the third piece in a series of pieces inspired by the festive story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. If you missed the first one you can read it again here and the second … Read more
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I love now.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) This is the second in three pieces that uses the Ghosts that appear in Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” as inspiration. If you missed the first piece about the ghost of Christmas Past then you can still … Read more
One of my favourite Christmas tales is Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”. If you have never come across the story before the general gist is that 3 ghosts visit the principal character. The ghost of Christmas past who shows Christmases that have been, the ghost of Christmas present who shows the current situation of others … Read more
Another post from my archieves, this time from 2008, when I sent monthly rather than weekly messages: As I sat and wondered what to write in this month’s message I received a thank you message from a friend, who for the purposes of this email I’ll call Bob. I had chatted with Bob last week … Read more
“The best way to find out where you are from is find out where you are going and work backwards.” (The 4th Doctor, played by Tom Baker from the Doctor Who TV story “City of Death”) I happened to watch an episode of a “classic” sci-fi TV show recently. Although I didn’t recall seeing this … Read more