• on the field

    rare as it now isa day at a cricket matchbut for rain, a treat~n.b. In a full season, a day of rain is to be expected, when one goes infrequently, the poor coincidence of rain with cricket is more disappointing, but still a chance to consider the greatest team sport ever invented…you can keep your

  • on friendship

    Winning is not asimportant as taking parthappiness of children~ CLP 01/09/2024

  • on Ukraine

    Claim and counter-claimWho knows now what to believe?The death of reason ~ n.b. All we know is innocent people are being killed on a daily basis…to what end? CLP 31/08/2024

  • on calm

    If I hear the nameOf that Mancunian bandOne more time, I will…~n.b. Is that supposed to be ‘good’ news to bring joy to our hearts, or a fine bit of media exploitation in the Silly Season? It is not as if there’s nothing else happening around the globe.However, I admit, it’s good to know a

  • on Ukraine

    more war leads to peaceso the theory goes, it meansmore civilians will die~ n.b. Ukraine is trying to hold captured Kursk territory. This so that they have something to trade when sincere peace talks begin. Sadly, this depends on whether those men in Moscow actually care, or not. CLP 19/08/2024

  • on Saturday

    special place to bein sunny southern weatherwith friends and family~ n.b. Fratton Park looking as good as it ever has. CLP 17/08/2024

  • on gratitude

    we were here for youyou played your hearts out for usour enduring love~ n.b. I could go on…Pompey! Pompey! Ra! Ra! Ra! CLP 11/08/2024

  • On Nagasaki

    Do not forget thisthriving city foreverscarred in but a flash~n.b. And on the Third Day after Hiroshima, someone thought Nagasaki should be razed to the ground too. Who? Why? Really? Were two A-bombs really necessary?In history, the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, is barely mentioned, yet it suffered the full horror of

  • on reflection

    We cannot be allTo each other but pray we’lldiscover what fits~ CLP 08/08/2024

  • on the cusp

    does the see-saw ever sitperfectly balancedbetween land and sky? ~ CLP 06/08/2024