TonyF

Intrigued by the intractable tensions in the Middle East, I determined to read Jerusalem – The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore. This evening I finished it. It’s… Read More »Time Travel

On November 6th our first grandchild was born in Cambridge. My wife is now Gran and I am Grandad. In my far off childhood my… Read More »Identity Confused

Sometimes the nicest things happen close to home, not on long journeys. At 7.00 AM today, this was the view from an upper window in… Read More »Close To Home

In the 1970s Brazil and Paraguay set up a new entity to build a huge dam, then run the hydroelectricity plant it holds. The partnership… Read More »Itaipu Dam

My last post was from Iguassu in Brazil, with the spelling varying from time to time even within the town itself. Since the settlement developed… Read More »Foz Means Mouth

This afternoon I was thinking how many times I have attended meetings and conferences inside big rooms in a hotel or conference centre, most of… Read More »There’s An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil

Since Lisbon, our journeys have been in the U.K. – the longest to Newcastle Upon Tyne, where our oldest son was ordained into the Church… Read More »Little Trips

Today’s Sunday, so not the Sabbath. We live in the age of grace not law, so the old restrictions on journeys on Saturday don’t apply… Read More »A Sabbath Day’s Journeys

It’s confession time: I am a fan of Wallander – Inspector Kurt Wallander of the Ystad police in Sweden. BBC3 or BBC4 carried Swedish TV adaptations of… Read More »Ystad

Going home – but where is home? It used to be where my guitar was, then became where my wife and family are. Now the… Read More »Counting Some Blessings