The Ironist

ISSN 2817-7363

Differing Perspectives

Ramblings

Ramblings #4 – Our Values

Ramblings #4 – Our Values

Enjoy life more with a little reflection. It’s almost November; a cool breeze blows. Frail, yellowing leaves flicker on branches; their brethren, dried and curled, toss aimlessly as they roll down the street. I need an escape from this coming cold…India! The red dust...

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Ramblings #5 – Miracles, Dreams and False Idols

Ramblings #5 – Miracles, Dreams and False Idols

"Granddad, granddad! Book, book!" Nothing matches a baby’s smile. Watch it slowly spread, then burst into a gurgling laugh! That laugh! It’s an infectious laugh that reaches deep into your soul and rips your heart open. Nothing in life prepares you for it. This last...

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Ramblings #3 – Shanghai Surges

Ramblings #3 – Shanghai Surges

“Meet me at the gate to Yu Garden”   –   Anonymous My neighbour across the street ran the ‘Maple Leaf Express’, one of the exit routes from Hong Kong when the British returned it to China in 1997. He regaled with me stories of incompetent Canadian government officials...

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Ramblings #2 – Disconnect

Ramblings #2 – Disconnect

The picture above has a touch of unexpected colour. A different angle and a picture can be transformed. Change a word and a poem will be remembered. We work for years at what is important to us, be it family, work, or, sadly, (for far too many people), starting wars....

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Ramblings #1 – At the Limehouse Cut

Ramblings #1 – At the Limehouse Cut

 William Morris, Eleanor Marx, George Bernard Shaw et al. gave speeches nearby  I am sitting on a wooden bench by the Limehouse Cut, the oldest canal in London, built in 1770. It is a Sunday morning, and there are only a few passers-by on Commercial Road that crosses...

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