life

Two Events, History in the making from gwridley 363 days old

[ ... ] of my life been known as the country which fought a war over slavery, suffered incredible race riots in the sixties, practically invented ...

Off, Off and away ... second star to the right, on till morning from gwridley 461 days old

[ ... ] city life behind and move to the country side of Southern France. For 10 months or so at least in any case. Then we’ll see what is next, maybe ...

health and (not so) Welfare from gwridley 856 days old

[ ... ] the life saving services I may need. It seems that these HMO insurance conglomerates have thought this out very carefully to maximize profits (in ...

Environmental [Dis]Honesty ... from gwridley 867 days old

A few weeks ago I published a note here about the environment, big pollutive cars and a number of other concerns. The current buzzword in everybody speeches ...

Turning 50 ... from gwridley 867 days old

[ ... ] life was all summers and rules dictated by my parents. Each spring just like Douglas Spaulding (Dandelion wine – Ray Bradbury for those who ...

On being vegetarian from gwridley 946 days old

What is it that you eat?" one of my work friends asked me the other day, he was of course referring to the fact that I claim to be vegetarian though ...

A great story from gwridley 946 days old

Read a great story lately? A short while ago I posted a blurb about reading and READING, about reading the words and reading the story. Well what makes ...

Thoughts on the environment from gwridley 946 days old

Have you ever wondered about this modern environment we live in? I have. Something like two hundred years ago when my great great great grad father came ...

Bigger people, Smaller packages from gwridley 946 days old

I have noticed a trend as I get older (and more cynical), people (kids really) seem to be getting taller and food packaging seems to be getting smaller. ...

Evangelising Evangelism from gwridley 946 days old

Have you noticed lately that there seems to be no middle ground any more? Almost everyone will tell you that "this thing" is "absolutely the best!", ...