Blog entries

At Last

Ellen — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:27:55 +0100

And I don't mean the song of the same name: “my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song”. And if you want to hear a great new version of that old standard check out Raiatea Helm, (www.raiateahelm.com), one of the musical Helm Ohana (the Hawai`ian word for family) of Moloka`i. She is indeed a Hawai`ian blossom(the title of her most recent CD). The girl can sing and has a fabulous falsetto that can be one of the highlRead More...

Back in the saddle

Ellen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:09:13 +0100

"Back in the saddle again....." not that I was gone or out of it but I did the equivalent of falling off the horse in that I had written a couple of long blog posts, entries, whatever you call them, and my cat Weeble jumped on my keyboard and did away with them. And I mean away. I used to represent the town I live in on our county-wide waste district and one of the things recycling education is supposed to teach is that there is no "away" where trash is concerned. WellRead More...

Editor's first SUCCESSFUL attempt: one hopes.

Ellen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:48 +0100

Well, at last we shall see if the stars are now aligned properly so that the blog entry can be saved and posted. I say that because what was supposed to have been the editor's first blog entry was done some time ago and every time I tried to save it, there it went -- into the cyber-void. So I am much practiced at writing the foolish thing but the result is like that of those folks who say "I only write for myself." Well, that's not my feeling: why write if not to communicate? It has been writRead More...