There have been vigils in various places around the world this past week.  I've just received an email from a local Councillor telling me about a vigil to be held locally this evening.  This will be to remember those killed in Orlando and "to show our oposition to to these sort of hate crimes that target people for who they are, whether for their ( Read more... )

So there I was reading through various blogs etc Saturday morning when I checked up on the BBC News.  "Earthquake in Nepal!" screamed the banner headline.  Aaaarrrggh!  D is currently living in Nepal.  She was over here interviewing a university on Wednesday but had she gone back yet?  Fire off quick email.  Pray ( Read more... )

Well what did you think I was going to blog about today, Dear Reader?  No, my Dad wasn't involved in D-Day and the following eleven months.  Possibly cos he was a bit young and didn't get called up til late on in 1944.  There was talk, apparently, of him being sent East to deal with the Japs, but that's another story.  No, H's Dad wasn't involved ( Read more... )

Remembering

Regular readers may have realised that I am a bit of a pacifist.  Well, how can you treat people as people if you're going in with tanks, guns, bombs etc.   & what about the people who have to try & live throught all that, then rebuild their lives & countries because they live there.  They can't get shipped home - whether in boxes, ( Read more... )