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Living the Dream

Begging Bowl Out!

The Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association offers support to serving personnel, veterans and their families. These people put their lives on the line to keep us safe, and deserve our support.

Quietly replacing the US

While Trump sets up negotiations by imposing tariffs, or threatening invasion of allies, or blaming Ukraine for being invaded by Russia, the rest of the world is disengaging from the US in every sphere.

Town Planning

The whole thing will take about six months, promised the architect. Two years on, we've finally got stage one (of four) done. Things can move slowly in this part of the world.

The Island Way

Now - the Greeks and the peoples living in what we now call Turkey have had a tempestuous relationship since a fellow called Odysseus got clever with a wooden horse at Troy.

Spring

I've been rewatching the West Wing - you know, the TV series that imagines the Democrats hid information from the public about an unwell President. Pah! As if.

On the Box

Perhaps it's the state of the world, or the effects of semi-retirement, or maybe it's the wisdom of age, but I've gone soft.

Working Tools

The most obvious benefit? I'm saving a fortune on subscriptions. My mobile phone is Android, and therefore Google, and some apps seem inescapable; WhatsApp is ubiquitous here.

Trump 100

He's not a power-obsessed fascist. He's not the leader of an evil empire. He's not a Mafia don. He's not desperately seeking the approval of his Mummy. Actually, all of those might be inadvertently true, but none of them is the essence of Trump.
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