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Continue reading →: Fun with my DSLR camera
I wisely bought a decent camera with money raised by my colleagues at Queen’s for my retirement in 2021. I took an Open University course to learn a little bit about digital photography but remained ignorant of the finer points that turn snaps into art. Today, I worked out how…
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Continue reading →: Audience participation
My better half and I went to see the comedian Jason Byrne at the Ulster Hall last night. He soon had us all laughing away as he interacted with members of the audience who had come in late. He used the large screen behind him to go through his family…
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Continue reading →: Market day
After my usual coffee at La Bottega, I cycled into town to check out the Common Market. A popular venue with street style food outlets, a bar, long benches, and tables and multiple large screens showing Premier League football. I opted for a pint of the black stuff. St George’s…
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Continue reading →: Outsiders
Albert Camus is a philosopher who made a lot of sense. His ideas were original and thought-provoking. On how to reconcile the absurdity of life, he suggests we embrace it. Like Sisyphus, we are destined to keep pushing that boulder up a hill, but faced with that knowledge, it’s how…
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Continue reading →: The mysterious smile
My brother recently posted a family photograph of a much younger me and my mother. As it was my brother who took the photo, it’s my guess that he made mum laugh. She’s trying to keep the laugh in. Like me, mum did more smiling than laughing for different reasons.…
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Continue reading →: Scones
I woke early this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep, so, as I have done countless times before, I got up and did some baking. It was scones using Delia Smith’s recipe from her Complete Illustrated Cookery Course book. It is a recipe I have used many times with…
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Continue reading →: Blinkers
Donald Trump must be wearing blinkers. His party has lost control of Congress. Does he take any personal responsibility for the historically bad results? Of course not. Instead, he bragged that if he had been standing for election, he would have won. Two more years of Trump’s presidency with executive…
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Continue reading →: Christmas is just for puppies and young children
Maybe it’s the grinch in me, but I get fed up with supermarket shelves filling up with Christmas produce in October. Today I succumbed to retail pressure and bought LED lights just because they were cheap. I managed to vandalise the first set of lights (gingerbread men) by not reading…
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Continue reading →: The cult of the personality
Some political movements thrive on figureheads to give them a sense of identity. Those who have survived the struggle for power sometimes relish the adoration of their followers. When I worked in the former Yugoslavia for a travel company, Tito, the partisan hero and president, was worshipped like a saint…
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