A Rogues Gallery And Some Anger

On A Hostile Malefactor Hatred galoreThen hate some more!Make rivals tremble and sighIt’s your modus operandiStudy that politicianWho has no contritionBut simply cursesAnd then reversesThe traditions developed through timeAnd makes their destruction sublimeSo fascism is not deadThe evidence here brings dreadJust observe itAnd may you not deserve itJust look at the pomposityHow he bristles withContinue reading “A Rogues Gallery And Some Anger”

A Voice Continues Still

Money That’s itThe source of everyone’s survivalMoneyWithout itYou are prone to unmanageable distressTo hungerTo no survival pillsTo no clothes to wearTo no sanctified place to liveTo no doctor to save your luckless lifeSo what is left for you to do?Pull a lever on a gaming machine?Find a speedy horse to gamble on?Join the luckless lotteryContinue reading “A Voice Continues Still”

More University Days and Nights

A Continuation Of The University Story My journey to self awareness continued in 1963. My previous post (located below this one on this site) tells the story of the first two years. I was feeling much more confident when my third university year began. I enrolled in English III and Education I. The latter wasContinue reading “More University Days and Nights”

Memories of a Second Class Cricketer

A Good Innings I Because cricket was for many years my chief escape from what are sometimes  laughingly called serious affairs, I promised myself I would never write about it. This is the seventh book I promised never to write. Benny Green A History of  Cricket  Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1988. For my agnostic father Alex,Continue reading “Memories of a Second Class Cricketer”

Gateway

My Time With Gateway This is a little story about a university group. It is a tale of adversity, determination and, in many cases, ultimate triumph. The students who joined that group had experienced life the hard way. Some had been floored by drugs, there were several divorcees with children, one candidate had MS andContinue reading “Gateway”

The Further Adventures of Ern McQuillan OAM

We continue the Ern story as promised. Imagine you were the one wanting to be a press photographer in the early 1940s. This seems a good place to resume the story. You see, the Second World War had started for us school kids when Ern made his debut in the press photographer business… In the Thirties, Forties andContinue reading “The Further Adventures of Ern McQuillan OAM”