Life with cats, and other things…
Inle Lake, Burma 1983 The photographs were not good to begin with, because the weather was awful. After 43 years, they are discoloured with age, but they remind me of a country that enchanted me. My parents took me to Southeast Asia in 1956 and we lived there for 6 years, yet we never visited … Continue reading Strange
0748/28th March 2025 en-route to Glens Falls . In search of a topic for today I came upon the unlikely story of Carlo Acutis, so-called "patron saint of the internet", who will become the first saint of the millennial generation, if his canonization is confirmed. . When I say unlikely, I mean because it's not … Continue reading Serenity
Mandalay, November 1983 Today my thoughts are very far away. Once again Bangladesh and Myanmar are being impacted by a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Without the problem of weather, the refugee situation in Bangladesh is a human tragedy. Where do the residents of a tent city go to seek safety from a dangerous … Continue reading Cyclones
Previously, I wrote about a journey that I was privileged to take inside Burma (Myanmar) but I didn't mention the incredible Shwe Dagon Pagoda which is located in Rangoon (Yangon). In part it was because I was having great difficulty finding words to describe it. My photographs are old and faded but I hope they … Continue reading Burma
This is the first image that popped up this morning when I went looking for inspiration. I found the original the other day when I was looking for something, which I seem to do about 12 times a day. The picture takes me back, all the way to November, 1983. It was still Burma then. … Continue reading Warning… 🙁 end…