In the silence of this morning I considered the question: “What remains to be done?” I am getting more weary as each day passes and I wouldn’t at all be surprised to die during the next twelve months. It is, as it were, the time to ‘put my house in order’. It could also beRead more
Journalling
It is now six months since Maggi died and I am “besieged” by a number of insights. One is that I miss her more than I could ever have imagined. We “grew together” over a period of sixty two years and it feels as if a part of me has died. I used to sayRead more
An interesting morning that commenced with the question “I wonder if there is such a thing as ‘a philosophy of ageing’?” If there is I should check it out because I am well and truly at that point in my personal history. I reached for my faithful ipad, and I lost the plot as IRead more
There used to be a show on telly, the name of which eludes me, where one of the characters used to say “Veeeeeery interesting!” (Thanks to a quick search on my faithful ipad I now know it was Sergeant Schultz in Hogan’s Heroes, a TV show of the 1960s.) It is a phrase I haveRead more
Diarmuid O’Murchu has been selected as the next author to be considered by the Book Club and, after a brief excursion on my “faithful” Ipad, I am looking forward to it. O’Murchu is a worthy successor to Teilhard de Chardin and it appears that the Catholic Church may have experienced benefit from its steep learningRead more
