Balls To The Wall
An Aviation slang, "Balls To The Wall" simply means All-Out Effort. It was first coined by pilots whose plane's throttle levers had round, ball-like tops and for whom putting the…
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Back To The Garden
One of my favourite feel-good songs is "Woodstock" by Joni Mitchell. It's ironic that the writer of such a beautiful ode to a legendary 3-day music festival was not at…
Fug
To modify a famous phrase from the Francis Ford Coppola movie, Apocalypse Now, "I love the smell of Fug in the evening". Fear not, this is not an X-rated blog.…
Simpatico
Simpatico is the Fertile Foundation from which Friendship blooms. The $1 million dollar question always asked of me is how do I get to be Buddies with Rock Stars? One…
From Suits To Stars
From Crayons to Perfumes, from Suits to Stars. I recently acquired two toy figures by Hirono Toys which vividly reminded me of the two stages in my Life Journey. Although…
The Poetry of Silence
These days of Retyrement, I listen to at least three hours of invigorating music and read inspiring books daily, sometimes concurrently. But then I balance the listening of songs and…