Tag: lockdown
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Lockdown!
Our President placed this country under lockdown as at midnight on Thursday, March 26th. 2020. And this was my take on the issue at that time: The Family Scene My immediate family, of which I am the oldest, consists of two children and five grandchildren. specifically, the family live in five different homes within a…
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Covid-Wisdom Snippets From Peter.
Feature Photo by Mufid Majnun upsplash.com What I have learned so far with the Covid pandemic will work to benefit me in times to come. I’ve always understood that a goal is something identified, scheduled, and worked on until accomplished. This is why I prefer dreams; as I think of one saying, I want that,…
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Ireland Bound-The Wheelchair Wizards
Ireland, A trip to remember. At the insistence of our children, my wife and I decided to pack up our home in South Africa and emigrate to Ireland. Given our age and many other vital factors, we decided this would be the wisest thing to do. It was late 2020 and under severe lock-down conditions…
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Weekly Words of Wisdom
Feature Photo by Brett Jordan Upsplash.com Changing Attitude Mostly, changes, in all their forms came about unexpectedly in my life. Some were dramatically quick, others so slow that I didn’t even notice until they were upon me. In particular small changes were often like this. If I give some thought; changes that I liked, I…
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Weekly Word of Wisdom
Both Sides Now “Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, I’ve looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way…” From <https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/judy-collins/both-sides-now> As…
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Weekly Word of Wisdom
Changing Attitude Mostly, changes, in all their forms came about unexpectedly in my life. Some were dramatically quick, others so slow that I didn’t even notice until they were upon me. In particular small changes were often like this. If I give some thought; changes that I liked, I accepted; changes that I didn’t like,…
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Lockdown March 6 2021
How are all you wonderful fellow-humans coping out there in this seemingly endless lockdown pandemic (I don’t know which pandemic is worse, lockdown or covid)? Dolly Parton is attributed to saying: “I can’t change the wind, but I can adjust my sails.” I have a saying: “There are probably, at this time, some things I…
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Forgotten Dream
I was all of twelve years old and very impressionable; we were in 1954 Southern Rhodesia, an exciting country, wide open spaces, not many towns and even these were spread, miles apart from one another. My father was the sole representative for a brewing company and travelled around the country a great deal, often taking…
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Lockdown – Day 46
‘Snollygoster’ Politics is the breeding ground of the snollygoster politician. Such breeding ground is not new to the universe, having originated in biblical times; its tentacles reach all over the world, no countries excluded. It is driven by greed; but worse, it is the lust of humanity to exercise power and control over fellow…
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