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Just had a meet up with with some family members and had a very enjoyable day with them.  What do families do when they meet up? Yes, they reflect on the good times they spent together in the past, probably are having now or hoping to have in the future, gossip a bit and have fun, and so it should be. This meet up was no different, and our discussion spanned  a time period of probably a hundred years or more, as one family member is 96 years old. We talked about her parents having 19 children between them, 10 of whom survived, which meant a mortality rate of about 40 or 45 per cent.  We talked about the many children, but also the fact that the parents had to care for them without any recourse to the state. We reflected on our childhood experiences, inter-Island 'rivalries' and the joys of growing up and beholding the amazement of watching plants, such as pumpkin, yams and sweet potatoes germinating, blossoming, shooting and growing to maturity. We also talked about a cer

Be prejudicial, if you have to, but avoid allowing your prejudices to blot the lives of those who wish to follow their own sexual orientation. " There was no violation of rights or the law, Mombasa high court judge Mathew Emukule said on Thursday. “I find no violation of human dignity, right to privacy and right to freedom of the petitioners,” he said. The above is from an article in a British newspaper, The Guardian, dated 16/06/2016. The article was commenting on the reaction of sane people to Kenya's High Court deciding that the Kenyan state is not violating people's human rights and dignity, when its operatives compel them to subject themselves to having a stranger examining, to put it bluntly, their asses and genitalia, to ascertain whether or not they are Gay, or, otherwise to determinate their sexual orientation. My first reaction to what is being reported was shock; I was aghast that any reasonable person, never mind a judge, who, one presumes, is expec

Lewis Hamilton has just made his chances of winning the Baku Grand Prix a lot more difficult than it needed have been, by carelessly hitting the wall and damaging his car, which has resulted, not only in him not securing Pole position, but coming 9th place on the starting bloc. And what does this mean for Hamilton? That his chances of winning the race has been diminished, by virtue of the fact that he has exposed himself to dirtier air, greater chances of getting caught up in any crashes, and has to contend with more hazards on a track which does not lend itself to loads of overtaking or being kind on drivers' errors. Put simply; Lewis Hamilton has screwed up his chances of giving himself an edge on winning the race. I support Hamilton, but, he is aware of the unknown and perilous nature of this new track which none of the drivers have experience of surfing before, which means that caution is a necessary requirement, and that Hamilton should have been both cautious and b

Yes; you are being watched, so do the right thing, which is the honest thing. I  am not surprised that the IAAF has uphold its ban on Russian athletes taking part in the Rio Olympics, and, quite frankly, nobody, probably excluding the most arrogant of Russians, should have been surprised by the IAAF's action. I rrespective of what the reality is, the overwhelming perception is that there is massive corruption in professional and non-professional sports all over the world, and that some governments and national sports bodies are involved. S ports is extremely big business, so there are big incentives for corrupt sports men and women, the business people who support them. Some officials in some governments are dishonestly giving some of these sports people the added edge, through illegal and corrupt practices. The perception is that Russia is one of the countries which is involved in doing so, and it would appear that the problem is so big, that on

This is really a very, very short video of the Robin which returned, once, so far, to our garden, after having been absent for several weeks. Take a look!

When I heard about Jo Cox having been injured in a shooting incident, I was appalled, but, when, within a short space of time I gathered that she had actually died, I was shocked and deeply saddened that a young woman with such promise, should have had her life extinguished so callously. Even now, it is not quite clear as to the exact or detailed chronology of events which resulted in this tragedy. It is likely that the Police will know more details than they are making public, for understandable reasons. So, in the meantime, it is, as tends to be the case, people have to make do with some facts and a lot of speculation at present. The reports about the suspect who has been arrested, suggest that he has some extremist right wing political beliefs, and that he might have been acting alone. There are also some reports that he has and/or has had mental health issues  The old picture I have seen of this man, dressed in military fatigue, does struck me as being of a man who, for wh

Endeavour to acquire and maintain a balanced and healthy perspective of the challenges confronting you. We, especially in the West, have or are becoming accustomed to a culture which demands that 'life should be risk-free', including the inevitability of death. Every day thousands of children die tragically, which causes great despair and anguish to their parents and families. Imagine if all of these deaths were to be 'newsitised' or be cited in news bulletins? Imagine how negative 'a natural' event would be made into, and how it would adversely impact on people's emotional and psychological health, even though they would not be able to bring back one of those deceased children? It has, of course, been said that 'bad news is good news.' But we also are all aware that 'bad news' is usually harmful news, not only for the people 'who make it', or 'around whom it is made', but because of the collective unhappiness, pain an