It’s a tough job this blogging thing and tonight it was extremely difficult as I had to force myself to go to the supper club…………..actually……..lets get one thing correct …………… we must all get used to calling them steak houses now………not supper clubs. The menu is the same and the service is still the best [...]
Last night we held the Remember Michael party in the Dance Club. It started at 7:30pm - 8:30 pm and was scheduled at this time as it falls between the dinner sittings. I had expected it would be reasonably popular…………….I was wrong……………………half the ship turned up………..I have never ever seen a ship dance club so [...]
They say real, long-term relationships are built on trust. Trust is foundation for development of real closeness. If you want your relationship to be long, you must trust your partner your past, present and future. Is it this assertion true?
Work, work and work more
Not always confidence arises between two people by itself, even if they love each other. This is a necessary work, and if in past you had sad experience, the harder establishment of trust with a new partner will be. Building a trusting relationship takes time, you must show a partner you are faithworthy, and that you, in turn, trust him. You must do everything possible to create an atmosphere for his confidence towards you.
Call for Submissions:
End of Life Stories
Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays that explore death, dying, and end of life care, for a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press. We’re looking for stories that transcend the “I” and find universal meaning in personal experiences. We hope to include stories representing a wide variety of perspectives—from physicians, nurses,hospice workers, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors,family members, and others. We want narratives that capture, illustrate and/or explain the best way to approach the end of life, as well as stories that highlight current features, flaws, and advances in the healthcare system and their impact on professionals, patients, and families.
I have the privilege of corresponding, from time to time,with historian of eugenics Gie van den Berghe, a professor at the University of Ghent. I reprint below his comments on my recent poston eugenics and history:
You call Oliver Wendell Holmes' line 'Three generations of imbeciles are enough' "infamous", but that is how we judge it here and now. In fact it was, seen in its time, a courageous and logical standpoint (and of course not only the decision of Holmes but of the almost unanimous Supreme Court). So his/their decision shouldn't, in my opinion, so much be admired ('Holmes was nevertheless ready, willing, and able to utter the infamous line') then understood.
