Themes of love and death are pervasive in the arts throughout history. Poets, philosophers, novelists have wrestled with the human disposition towards ‘dying for love,’ ‘dying to self for love,’ ‘dying to love.’ These nuances reveal the complexities of human relationships. Dying for love. Does this mean dying figuratively because of having love? Or because…
Month: May 2026
It’s never too late . . .
Meet my friend Henry. I can say ‘friend’ even though I met him just recently at the gym. He’s the kind of guy I want as a friend. 93 years old. Pushes his walker at a good c lip as he enters the gym with determined focus. Heads straight to the first of his…
A word about my writing
Fellow travellers for the journey. Having coffee with a writing advocate, he mentioned my pieces are getting longer – but assured me it was okay. Nevertheless, the observation was instructive to be more vigilant in assessing the breadth of material I include, its relevance to the topic at hand, as well as the compactness with…