Long time no see
It’s been years since my last post. I shall update by inserting posts from elsewhere, and continue onward. NEW PAGE my biography ABOUT Shân, of interest to some.
Shan
Mammoth in the Living Room
In reply to: Jemima, Deer, ‘Inconvenient truths: the psychology of coronavirus and the climate crisis’, The Canary (16/04/20). <https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2020/04/16/inconvenient-truths-the-psychology-of-coronavirus-and-the-climate-crisis/> Dear Jemima, I enjoyed your excellent psychological parallel between C-19 and climate crisis. Very neat. As apes our scope for alertness to danger is indeed immediate, small scale. So we cannot grasp on an everyday basis … Read moreMammoth in the Living Room
Pots, dates, and drunken ancestors
Fascinating new dating tech in archaeology will be revolutionary. Pottery has always been like a backbone to the timelines of ancient history. It turns up prolifically in broken pieces thrown away on dumps. Now it is poised to redo ancient dating and might open up the mysterious Beaker People. Pottery was first used for dating … Read morePots, dates, and drunken ancestors
New Year 2020
Why are there no black edged news pages? Why no symbolic coffins carried through the streets?I wrote to Paull Flynn, after the Brexit referendum because I was terrified of the future for my family but emigration was so difficult towards the end of my life. He replied, it will take time. People need to see … Read moreNew Year 2020
How girls (and boys) are used (up)
I was reading about a new film about Christine Keeler and it threw up the real, brutal meaning of “abuse” which trains so many young people into a kind of slavery.She was ‘abused’ by her stepfather, and then pregnant at 15 by a boyfriend. Now sex when growing up (unless with another child with equal … Read moreHow girls (and boys) are used (up)
Sky Fall Dec 12
December 12 2019 the sky fell. Whether it can be rebuilt in my lifetime (another 20 years maybe) I do not know. Government fails to feed the children = FAILURE. Government that fails to ensure its people have homes = FAILURE. Government leaving millions in pain, or dying too soon = FAILURE. Government protecting tax … Read moreSky Fall Dec 12
P-p-p-parliament
From tonight’s debate on law to stop no-deal Brexit.Two kinds of Tory. First Jacob Rees-Mogg on the job having a (U)kip One MP offered Rees-Mogg a cushion for his head. JRM politely declined. Second – In the Commons Nick Boles, the former Tory who now sits as an independent, is speaking. He recalls the day he … Read moreP-p-p-parliament
Tory interview runs on tears
saf2008 27/06/2019 The Gurdian BTL commentJohn Crace political sketch.This is not my writing but so delicious it deserves tribute and conservation. Tonight at the Tory Hustings (kind of) Hannah Vaughan Jones: “Mr Cu… Hunt, why should you be PM?”Hunt: “I will be the first ever PM with a background as an entrepreneur and I will be … Read moreTory interview runs on tears
12 step programme for Ebay
“Hi my name is Shan and I am addicted to buying pretty tops and smocks on Ebay.”Not sure if a Power greater than mine can assist. Surely the Goddess has her own divine Ebay for her own pretties and shares my condition?Turning my life and will over to her is against my way of living … Read more12 step programme for Ebay
Success and simplicity
Arthur C. Brooks, ‘Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think’, Atlantic Monthly (June 2019) Refreshingly thoughtful article about living to compete to stay at peak until the last gasp vs. understanding the life cycle, and valuing stages which are not peak achievement. Brooks refers to the Hindu triadic life pattern: trainee, materialist, … Read moreSuccess and simplicity