Earth’s population is approximately 8 billion people. Examining 8 billion as percentages is fun. From 100% of people: 11% are in Europe. Europe occupies 2%…
A man, John Lennon, inspired by a woman, observed ‘Woman is the nigger of the world.” Women, like the enslaved, have suffered grievous exploitation by…
21st June 2023 would have been Helen’s 88th birthday. She passed just two months shy of that landmark, on March 19th. On March 19th I…
First published in 2011, The Emergency Bouzouki Player has introduced me to a world of new friends who share my views on War and the…
In 1984 I remember hearing Bob Geldof explain Ethiopia on TV. Like many other African-born people at that time I was surprised by how enthusiastically pop…
CALM is on / AMAZON / APPLE MUSIC / SPOTIFY / YouTube CALM is available on Audible, audio book with a Calm Sleep Guided meditation…
Published: 15 May, 2021 Watching American ordnance blow up buildings in Gaza today I am reminded; I have been watching reportage from Palestine for most…
Road trip. Heading for Peach Tree in Arizona for a visit to the Colorado river in the Grand Canyon. My first stop on Route 66…
The story of Sophie Scholl has fascinated me for many years. Such courage and dignity in one so young and so lovely makes a refreshing…
We are so busy being misled by reality TV shows targeting a 10 year old reading limit, we forget the marvelous rich legacy of Americans…
This picture was taken in 1982 in South Africa, when I was 21, in the straw roofed rondavel at the farmhouse in Chartwell, north of…