I do like the occasional idle flight of fancy (to be fair, you had me at ‘idle’) and today’s Daily Prompt sent me off on one, since it involves two subjects close to my heart: technology and travel. I’ve written about both before but – as far as I can recall – never the two together.…
This week, Jim has challenged us to showcase a song containing either ‘Yesterday’, ‘Today’ or ‘Tomorrow’ in its title or lyrics. I will by no means be the only one whose first thought was Paul McCartney’s ‘Yesterday’: it’s a bit obvious, though. The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ is there too, although I’ve already deployed it…
“It is the passage of time that causes us to forget our antipathies, our contempts, and the very causes which gave birth to them” – Proust: ‘Time Regained’ (Le Temps Retrouvé) – – – – – – – – – – – #!linerWeds 10 February 2021
“But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving I do not count the time” This week’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday is ‘Time’. I was quite surprised, when I thought about it, just how many songs are, if not actually about time (which is an interesting philosophical and scientific conundrum in…
I do like the occasional idle flight of fancy (to be fair, you had me at ‘idle’) and today’s Daily Prompt sent me off on one, since it involves two subjects close to my heart: technology and travel. I’ve written about both before but – as far as I can recall – never the two together.…
Today, 24th June, is the 1,000th day since I retired from working life. I know this because I have an App that counted down the months and weeks towards my retirement date and then forgot to stop. 1,000 days. That’s about 33 months. 143 weeks. 24,000 hours. You can slice and dice it as finely…
the only deadhead in the hameau 