When I started a blog at the end of 2007, I didn’t imagine I would be drawn so deeply into another world – a parallel universe of sorts. My reason was simple – I wanted a place to store my thoughts and share them with others. But blogging has a…

“Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end….” goes the song. But this is something slightly different. I’ve officially reached that time in my life when I long for the good old days, the good old ways, values and behaviour. My recent forays into socializing with younger,…

Ring Ring….telephone ring…..goes the song from Lobo echoing times when that sound was actually welcome – because we heard it so infrequently. Not anymore I’m afraid! Isn’t this picture quite typical of our public gatherings these days? Just the other day at a restaurant, I watched the host leave her…