While sitting outside on my balcony, I’m enjoying the sunlight, bird sounds, and the impressive light blue sky with some small white clouds, drifting slowly. Without lifeforms (eg, humans), there would be no appreciation and gratitude of that view. Perhaps, my consideration above explains David Bowie’s chorus lines (see below): [Chorus: David Bowie]Don't you wonder...
A 1915 war poem by Julian Grenfell (1888-1915) mentioned the 3 most important items: Life is colour, warmth and light; my 2022 blog. Other people may add beauty, hope, inspiration, love, peace, and/or water. In my view, beauty and peace are in the eye of the beholder. Hence, personal and relative. Almost each day, I express my gratitude for the items above....
I have no clue why (my) inspiration “stalks” me almost every day. I do know that I’m thankful, grateful and blessed for receiving (my) inspiration. Writing is my tool for expressing my appreciation and gratitude. "Thankful, Grateful, and Blessed" (2023) by Richard Lynch Band artist, lyrics, video, Wiki-artist, Wiki-album+song...
Trump’s recent comments on Ukraine president Zelenskyy might well be Trump’s well-timed distraction for much more relevant Trump news: American inflation is back and “I had nothing to do with it” (eg, the Hill, 19 February 2025). Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence reacted as follows to Trump’s version of the truth on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: “Mr....
I’m in a new phase of my rollercoaster of solitude and loneliness. I failed to see this coming, despite part 6 of this blog series from October 2024. My comforting feeing of solitude seems to have vanished into thin air. Feelings of (temporary) loneliness have replaced my solitude. I can hardly remember such feelings. I’m not sure if I ever experienced those...
Recently, the Dutch FT published an article with an intriguing title: The Republicans say goodbye to Big Money (HFD, translation by LO). The FT published a similar title that day: Donald Trump pledges tax cuts, trade wars and border crackdown. Actually, this development is visible in China, Europe, and USA. It might be the greatest danger for nationalism. In my...
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