I have a former foster child who stays in touch via Facebook.It's her decision, she's an adult now, I've mentioned it to Blue Sky.It's not something I generally do; staying in touch. The way I see it the whole point of fostering is to help the child get back to their own family and being in touch with their foster home could mess things up. The natural parents could understandably get het up about...
Monday, September 25, 2023
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
BOB DYLAN WAS RIGHT
The times, they are a changing. Changing fast. Faster than ever before?Maybe. Maybe not.Old lag Bertrand Russell wrote over a hundred years ago:"The average scullery maid now expects more excitment over one weekend than her grandmother sought in her whole lifetime."But whether or not it's a fact, it feels as though things nowadays are changing faster than ever.What got me thinking was this. I remembered...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Apologies for my brief abscence; computer problem over, fingers crossed.I suppose I could tax you with the details of the gradual decline of a laptop that had become a trusted friend. She knew me better than I did in some ways; she'd learned to anticipate my next move. Or so it seemed.Then, just like so many poor people in our world today, she started being a bit slow, then a bit unpredictable,...