Tag: Age
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The Pyramids and Other Wonders
Kate Shrewsday’s recent post ‘Seven wonders’ couldn’t have appeared at a more apt time for me. Coincidentally, that is, as I’m in the process of telling a tale featuring the Greek Gods and vast journeys across the years. Also coincidentally (or maybe not) is the fact that the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World…
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Celebrating Sixty Glorious Years (and one song)
I’ve just finished watching the Diamond Jubilee celebration concert for Her Majesty the Queen, and I have been quite moved. The crowds… the music… the lights… the fireworks… the Keep Calm And Carry On… it was an amazing concert. I was moved not by the images from yesteryear throughout the Queen’s reign. I wasn’t moved…
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Self Portrait
I look nothing like I think I do. I think I look exactly as I did years ago, but the mirror tells me otherwise. The mirror lies. The mirror points out flaws I never knew I had. Truths I never believed existed. Flaws that would never exist on me. I’m perfect. Well, apart from the…