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Postcard from Lille, Part 28

31st August 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

At 5227 San Augustin Street, Makati City, after dark, there were no yellow ribbons for me nor a line of concerned people praying and clutching the rosary. A maid answers the door and looks surprised rather than [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 27

24th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

If we’re ever in the same place at the same time, I’m the quiet one standing in the corner, keeping his own council, people-watching, shy (or even just plain rude). I might be in my own little [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 26

17th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

‘I hope that you’ve all studied logical positivism?’ Incarcerated in Paranaque Municipal Jail, part of Metro Manila’s southern urban sprawl, it is boily hot and dark. Thousands of pairs of pin prick brown eyes look at me [more…]

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An Eventful Ride, Part Four

11th August 2019 Going Postal 0

Bestie and I were sat in our booth at the gas station’s restaurant at Lee Vining, looking down over Mono Lake. I was still thinking about Clint’s brilliant film “High Plains Drifter”, for this weird [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 25

10th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Where should an escaped prisoner escape to? You can’t go to the obvious place as, if it’s obvious, that’s where they’ll be looking for you.  Some other places spring to mind, Paraguay, Switzerland? On receiving a letter [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 24

3rd August 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Maria Jessica Alfaro y Mincey graduated in Business Administration at the Philippine Christian University in Manila, having majored in Management. She was born on the 12 March 1964 and was therefore 27 years old on the night of the 29-30 June 1991, the [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 23

27th July 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

I can’t understand why some people think that they have a right to a family. Children are a blessing and a lot of hard work. Old fools of my age are beginning to wonder about [more…]

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An Eventful Ride, Part Three

17th July 2019 Going Postal 0

As I live in Cornwall where the temperature rarely gets into the mid seventies Fahrenheit and where , living as I do overlooking the English Channel, the ambient humidity levels are so high, 66% on [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 22

13th July 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

One of the better things that the ‘Anglo Philippine Friendship and Enterprise Company’ did was sponsor young people in their education and the earlier part of their careers. There’s a famous statistic that forty six world leaders were [more…]

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