MAKE READING INTERESTING AGAIN ~ By all accounts, famous writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and his wife, Edith, had a close and happy marriage. They were married for 55 years, with Edith following Tolkien wherever his life took him. The couple had four children: three sons and one […]
NEWS FOR MATURE MINDS: Ex-cohort of Boris Johnson spoke unprintably about the West’s course on Ukraine: The ‘corrupt Ukrainian mafia state’ led by ‘pumpkin Zelensky’ deceived Western countries, and they are now fucked.’ This is how former adviser to Boris Johnson and active supporter of Brexit Dominic Cummings […]
MAKE READING COMPASSIONATE AGAIN My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we talk, I repeat the same thing a thousand times, don’t interrupt to say: […]
BEING NICE PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS: 1. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call, presume they have something important to attend to. 2. Return money that you have borrowed even before the person who borrowed you remembers or asks for it. It […]
A beautiful elegantly dressed woman told her psychiatrist that she was depressed and her life was meaningless. After a moment’s thought, the medico told her he would ask Mary to tell her how she found happiness. ‘All I want you to do is listen to her.’ The psychiatrist […]
THE POWER OF UNLEASHED WOMEN: Sarah Josepha Hale of Newport, New Hampshire was 34 years old and pregnant with her fifth child when her husband David died suddenly of pneumonia. With five young children to support, after a failed attempt to start a business, Sarah decided to try […]
The presence of God in everyday life: I was just one of millions of poor kids when I was growing up. I was insignificant to everyone but to myself. My cash-starved mom used to send me to birthday parties with no present just so I could get something […]
STRIKE AGAINST WAR: The little girl in this photograph is Ruby Crane. From the age of 3-years-old Ruby walked blind soldiers around a rehabilitation center called St Dunstan’s at Brighton in Sussex. Ruby’s Father was the head gardener. She knew they were blind and had recently returned from […]
MAKE READING INSPIRING AGAIN She hurried to the pharmacy to get medication. Then, returning to her car she realized she had locked her keys inside. Salvation? The woman found an old rusty coat hanger left on the ground. Despairingly, she looked at it and said, ‘I don’t know […]
WHERE THE SKYLARKS SING . The summer breezes balmy, Brought cotton clouds to rest, They drifted aimless, some were caught, Upon the mountain crest, The maid was plucking flowers, Her shoulder turned aside, To hide the blush upon her cheek, Was it a flush of pride? . That […]
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