What is your favorite quote? AGAIN, too many to mention, from Mandela to Maya Angelou and many many more in between. However, one that I cite in my work is: “None of us is born intolerant of those who differ from us. Intolerance is taught and can be untaught.” No explanation is needed. Res ipsaContinue reading “None of us is born intolerant…”
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What is Art?
What is Art?
No!
Not everything happens for a good reason!
What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever?
by Ryan Clement Today’s daily prompt was, “What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever?” which, for me, is an impossible question to answer because there are so many. However, I answered by cheating – I chose three songs! Then I remembered two more (songs), but was locked out, so l created myContinue reading “What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever?”
Friends!
What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever? Obviously, there are too many to mention. But ‘That’s what friends are for.’ ‘Friends will be Friends,’ and ‘You’ve got a friend’ (MJ version) There’s an obvious common theme.
🇬🇷 Santorini 🇬🇷
by Ryan Clement THREE WEEKS AGO TODAY, I was on the/another idyllic Greek island 🏝️ of Santorini 🇬🇷 We took an early ferry from Heraklion, Crete’s capital. Even in the early hours, the port was mega busy because one could travel to many other islands. Also, it was extremely hot 🥵 The ferry journey wasContinue reading “🇬🇷 Santorini 🇬🇷”
Civilisation
by Ryan Clement YESTERDAY, I spent my morning and afternoon at Knossos, which is located in Heraklion on the island of Crete, Greece 🇬🇷 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRKR19G5/ Recently, I wrote how much I disliked history lessons at school but absolutely love it now. I find that, on occasions, it helps me to make sense of current eventsContinue reading “Civilisation”
Peace
What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now? Strange as it may seem, I believed that once one or two troubles of which I was aware as a child, about which I used to hear on the news were resolved, there would be peace in all ‘four corners’ of theContinue reading “Peace”
History
What do you love now, that you hated when you were younger? To be blunt, I found history lessons at school boring and irrelevant. The lessons were overly descriptive and bore little to no relevance to current times. Now, I love history and often refer to it in order to make sense of many eventsContinue reading “History”
🇬🇷 Crete 🇬🇷
by Ryan Clement HOW TIME FLIES! It seems as though it were only yesterday I was writing from the beautiful Greek island of Kos. This time I am writing from another beautiful Greek island, Crete 🇬🇷 It is hard to imagine why residents of any of the Greek islands would want to travel anywhere else,Continue reading “🇬🇷 Crete 🇬🇷”
