The Parting Glass an Irish farewell
The Parting Glass is a great example of that special quality found in the best farewell songs, being able to combine joy and sorrow in a way that is both sad yet uplifting at the same time.
You need more than a good climate to run a profitable restaurant
Despite it being the peak of the high season restaurants on the Costas find it difficult to make enough business to cover their overheads. Most are philosophical about the slump in business and a ‘stuff happens’ mentality is pervasive. I wonder if part of the problem is an unwillingness to adapt to societal changes.
The Rise of the Sun Wheel
In the late 1970s, the then STAR newspaper described Michael Walsh as ‘Britain’s most dangerous man’. Unless one can identify with the mindset of a far-left journalist it is impossible to figure out why such an extreme expression.
German Black who lived in and loved Hitler’s Germany
Hans Massaquoi grew up in National Socialist Greater Germany made up of Austria, Germany, Sudetenland, and the Saar). Born on January 19, 1926, in Hamburg where his grandfather had been Liberian consul general, Hans experienced Hitler’s rise to power and life in Germany during the war.
WHAT RECESSION
When businesses fail it is easy to blame the recession or Covid-19. In all but a few cases that argument doesn’t stack up. Failure is more often due to complacency and miserable management. Obliged by business appointments to occasionally visit a splendidly situated restaurant I disliked doing so as the service was excruciatingly bad. Is the owner under the illusion that a little Spanish sunshine is enough to compensate for bone idle offhand staff? Rival restaurants lacking such beautiful surroundings thrive. It is service, not the location that puts bums on seats.
TWO POEMS: THE NATION OF THE DOWNCAST EYE and AT LEAST I TRIED by Michael Walsh
THE NATION OF THE DOWNCAST EYE
(Farewell Western Man) /
AT LEAST I TRIED my Irish poet Michael Walsh
I AM THE SON OF THE PIONEER
MICHAEL WALSH is first and foremost an internationally recognised poet who prose has been compared to that of Leo Tolstoy, Rudyard Kipling, and Robert Service. His lyricism has received glowing tributes from leading figures in the theatre and literary world, commercial, and political life.
HUMOUR IN BANKRUPTCY
We often find humour even under the most dreadful circumstances; it is known as gallows humour. The never-ending recession has produced its own brand of wit. ‘With the market turmoil being what it is what’s the best way to make a small fortune? Start off with a large one’.
New song with lyrics by Michael Walsh – How Do We Keep Our Love
My new song “How Do We Keep Our Love” with lyrics by the wonderful British poet Michael Walsh-McLaughlin.
In a duet with a talented musician and actor Sergey Yakushev.
Corporate America gets the President they bought
US President Joe (Moneybags) Biden claims to want the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share of taxes on a basis of all are equal but it turns out that some are more equal than are others.
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