In London some years back, after a brief hustle bustle walk from Sloane Square, as planned I made it to the entrance of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Stepping through the gate I felt it a strangely sleepy morning – no other visitors, no tour guides, no guide maps for a self-tour; all I had was
A final Summer Shorts 2022 segment, my quick blog musing for the lazy, hazy days of summer, subject matter featuring historical and whimsical icons of longevity. In memory of Fayard Nicholas (1914 – 2006) Harold Nicholas (1921 – 2000) Pure joy! Over the years, every time I have watched the Nicholas Brothers dance number from
In light of my last two 2022 Summer Shorts posts on Galileo’s Relic and the Time Machine in Brompton Cemetery; and fast upon the arrival of the Webb Telescope images in mid-July, somehow I found myself reaching for a book I bought on sheer spec and read in the summer of 2013 – Five Billion
London requires patience. If you have ever been a frequent visitor you learn that one of the ways to absorb this sprawling city is to break it down into smaller worlds, exploring it thematically however you like. For me those themes usually follow historical or fictional lines. You can make a whole adventure out of
When in Florence, that Renaissance treasure box of historical figures, I choose to wander solo about the enthralling walkable city, on and off the main streets to enter locations where I know I will meet the spirits of some of the city’s most famous notables – Dante, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Donatello, Machiavelli, all those Medici and
Feeding hungry school children is sadly so, a global need; and school breakfast programs still exist in some form or other in low, middle and high income countries all around the world. Got me thinking, turning back the clock in history, should it be surprising to see how some issues follow us through the course