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October 31 End Of OctoberTommorrow is the 1st of November, it is also All Saints Day or All Hallows Day.
Lets celebrate something good. October 28 FriendsFriends
That title (friends) evokes the Shakespearian line, ' Friends, Romans, Countrymen (and Women), but nothing could be further from my mind. Unlike the famous oratory in the shakespearian play of Julius Ceasar, I really believe in the goodness of friends. I am sure that you have all had friends, at least at school and your friends had friends, who became your friends. I know that I had many different friends at school, from all walks of life. They always brought with them more friends, some of whom became really close at least for a while. Sometimes there were fairly large groups of us that would arrange trips out somewhere or even holidays. Or just play football at break times. It was a great , (to use the modern parlance) network. :) Sadly one of those brought along friends, who became one of my three best friends is no longer with us. He died tragically! Seriously that is why I wrote the line 'in Honour of a Friend'. It was so sad, unless this has happened to you I cannot explain just how sad this was. He was one of those lively people who always had a laugh and seemed to show the lighter side of life. He always expected the best from people, even if he didn't get it. I still miss him and think about him and wish I could have done something to prevent his death. But I can't and he is gone forever.
So treasure all your friends and treat them well.
Paul October 27 LanguageLanguage
I am becoming increasingly aware that I only speak one language. I know that many of you, if not most of you are able to speak and write at least two languages fluently. I, on the other hand can only speak and write with one. :( This is not entirely out of choice. I have tried to learn French on a number of occasions, at school and on two separate sets of evening classes. School was hopeless, I'm sorry to say. It was all grammar and mystery to me! Evening classes were better, but whenever I started to improve the class would disband, due to lack of interest from the other students. So here I am still only speaking one language. I know it is hard for you to learn English, It is complicated and oddly constructed, full of exceptions and varying rules. I am not, it may honestly be said very good at languages, but I do appreciate them and I am going to try and learn French again soon. I might as well build on the little knowledge that I already have. Maybe one day, and I think it will be a very long way away, be able to speak to some of you in your native language, or at least speak to you in another one of our common languages.
Au revoir et pa. :)
Paul October 26 Food and CookingHi.
Does anyone like cooking?
Well I am useless at cooking, but lately I have started making Cakes! They are just plain sponge cakes, but they turn out yummy! I mentioned that it would be great to make my own bread and Voila! I have got a bread maker for my birthday. I will let you know how I get on. In the meantime tell me about what you like to cook. I am looking forward to hearing about some mouth watering food!!!!
Keep on Cooking!!!!
Paul
October 23 ScotlandI love Scotland. The lochs, the streams, the sea, the hills and mountains. It is so wild and empty. There are many creatures there that I have seen, otters, golden eagles, deer, seals and many others that I would like to see another time. Notably I would like to see dolphins and porpoises. I just missed some last time I was there. It was so annoying, but after a 12 hour journey I had a sleep and when I awoke everyone around was tellimg me of the dolphins that had just swam by, a few yards away. The Slate islands are fantastic, and the island of Luing is one of the most habitable of them all. You reach it by crossing a short, but treacherous stretch of water between it and the Isle of Seill. ( That is attattched to the mainland by a bridge, appropriately called The Atlantic Bridge.) October 22 Today; reminds me of a day a couple of years ago, in another place, in another lifestyle, on windy evening.Poem From My Window Today
Beautiful sunset today
Pink edged clouds racing
Across the sky from right to left
Large trees shimmering filigree
Back lit with ember orange
And lilac grey
Slender willows swaying violently
Emerald green grass in
Cherry orchards lay
Flag pole bouncing to and fro
Bhuddlia, hebe and maidenhair
Dancing in a row
Gusts of wind flattening and
Scattering fleeing flocks of grass
Electric and telephone wires
Like ropes on a trapeze
Cold draughts urgently pass
Through the frames with ease
Beautiful sunset today
Dance, oh dance
The windy night away
Four speckled backed cock pheasants
Pass where falcon sat
Beautiful scene today
Beauty seen never fades away
October 18 It is nice to have friendsThanks,
It is nice to have friends.
 Sometimes, in life , you can go through a very long time when you don't make new friends. Perhaps you meet lots of people, but you never become friends. Perhaps this is our fault. Perhaps it is just coincidence, I don't really know. Lately I have been happier and I seem to be making friends more than any time since I was at school. Lucky me!  Perhaps it is how we feel about ourselves that enables us to make new friends. This year, as seems to happen from time to time there have been a few changes in my life. These changes have been my choices and not just things that I have had to do and that makes a difference to how I feel. I hope that as friends we can have some fun and share humour, smiles and laughter. We can discuss serious things or trivial.
Stop by as often as you like
Paul October 14 A many Faceted LifeA Many Facetted Life
You know when I think of all the places that I have lived and all the places that I have seen and all the things that I have done and experienced. It makes me think, not about me, not about all those fabulous events and experiences, but about others.
When we meet someone for the first time, remember, they too have many varied experiences in their lives. They too have done fabulous things. They too have lived. Only their experiences and the events in their lives are different to ours. Perhaps some are the same, but I really doubt it. However you see them now, is not the sum of their lives. They like us, present only one reflection. One facet, like a facet on a cut gemstone. We see only one facet, they have experienced so many others. Remember to appreciate people for more than what we see on the surface.
We all live a many facetted life.
October 13 Eh up. How ar tha goin?Eh up.
How tha goin?
Anyone from Yorkshire around. God's own county. That for sure! Born and bred in the fair town of Rotherham, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Muck and nettles. Fog like pea soup. Cooling towers and slag heaps. They put a slag heap over Dingly Dell. E, those were the days.
Still Yorkshire and proud of it. Best County in England, best Country in t' World. Thats what we were told when we were at school!
Yorkshire for Home Rule!!!
(Stop getting lost on Ikley Moor!) and get thee hat on!
PaultheYorkshireman |
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