Curriculum Vitae means the “course of one’s life”. Mine has not been a linear course but a random walk – one step in that direction, the next step in another. As I sketch below, the trajectory has been a sometimes tortuous, often aimless path, composed of surprise life lurches with many detours. Curriculum Vitae means the “course…
Category: Family/Friends
Stories related to my family and friends; some of whom are no longer…
+1
A positive (+) look on life this morning: +1 = 1 year since my last post (50/20) which celebrated two important events – the most important being my 20th wedding anniversary.
50/20
50 years ago today John F. Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon within a decade. (Yes, I know: a man). And in 1969 it came to be, with a Giant Step for Mankind (Yes, I know. Man again). And the world view was forever changed. 20 years ago today, Julie married me….
Form 1D
I heard a jolting, funny answering machine message today. Do listen to it. It was prepared by frustrated schoold teachers at a school in Australia. I have a lot of admiration for school teachers – I was a part-time teacher for a while. And for 13 years I was a pupil,; perhaps as you were, too?…