Piano Lesson
I have visited Venice often – most recently this year. The city is a magic place for exploring, hunting glimpses of the city behind the tourist facade. I find treasure in golden moments of early morning sunlight and shadow, glimpses of the aged and decrepit city transformed into dazzling loveliness. But suddenly, the flashy moment is gone, the mask drops, the beauty vanishes and reality is revealed. It is often better to leave before the inevitable transformation; and not return later to try to recapture the moment. Read more
Cardboard Hitch Hiker
Hitch hiking was a common way to get around in the UK when I was a teenager, and I was a confident hitch hiker up to my late 30’s. In those 20 years or so, I probably hitch-hiked more than 10,000 miles in the UK, Europe, Asia, North Africa, Canada and the USA. I owed my success to cardboard signs advertising my destinations. Read more
Best Employers Should Have Best Restrooms
Being now unemployed I have started to pay attention again to the Want Ads and the like. Browsing the web, I read an odd web article recently that caught my attention Most Common Ways to Strike Out During an Interview. Read more
Excellence is Not Convenient
I had a recent project which demanded some very long hours from myself and a younger colleague. I had to cancel a long-planned holiday weekend to meet the deadline, one that had already been pushed back a few times. The youngster was unhappy when I asked him to cancel his weekend plans too. My immediate response was to tell him told him “Excellence is not convenient”. Read more
Showing My Face
I signed up for Facebook. I have avoided Facebook for a long time. I am a LinkedIn kind of guy – happy with a large professional network. I have been leery of the social networks, which seem foamy. But on the other hand I am very social, love to keep in touch and be touched. Read more
