Month: October 2024

White Privilege?

In May 1940, renowned photographer John Vachon captured a poignant image of a farmer’s children in the Ozarks, Missouri. This photograph reflects the simplicity and resilience of rural life during the Great Depression era, a time when many families faced significant economic challenges. Vachon’s work often focused on […]

THE FACE IN THE CROWD

THE FACE IN THE CROWD . The sun went down and the night came grey, I pulled the blinds on another day. The chill was mine when I thought no more, Of the face in the crowd, I was looking for. . Her face I had seen from […]

Miracles of the Oceans Wide

A seaman who fell overboard from a supply ship in the vast Pacific Ocean at 4 am spent more than 14 hours clinging to an old fishing buoy before being rescued. Alone in the middle of the world’s greatest ocean, and without a lifejacket, at first dawn he […]

Immortal Beloved

‘Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, and then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us.  I can live only wholly with you or not at all.

CONSUMERS REVENGE

If you sometimes feel that businesses are after your money, be guided by your instincts; they are after your money. Many offer a product or service showing a reasonable return on your outlay but the loosely regulated world of commerce offers a turkey shoot for unprincipled service suppliers. […]

THE CROSSING OF THE BAR

THE CROSSING OF THE BAR . Is that the sound of breaking surf, Or sighing wind in stays, Who else can feel the rising breeze, Or hear the slapping sails? . I hear a ship’s deep whistle, Feel rise of ocean swell, The telegraph is muted by, The […]