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PROLOGUE At least twice a year, you and everyone else should take leave from heavy-duty living, check the fishing gear, and keep watch for any passing jacks. The truce won't affect life's outcome too much, and you may not catch any fish; but at least it will demonstrate your continuing interest in being human and not a robot. Our personal choices for philosophical beach combing are two very significant anniversaries: New Year's Day, when good ideas and resolutions abound, and we're full of optimism for the future. The early mornings of our Birthdays, when we pessimistically wonder how much time we've got left to implement all the changes we've planned. However, Life, in the short run, is beautifully disorganized, and full of surprises - Thank God. Some sophisticated reader might like to link an 'entry' with a date or an event... but beware: 'Country Air' was written twenty-five years ago, and the same problems are still causing trouble to our Country and to our World. We shouldn't have to remind you that 'Voting Blues' merits a re-print every five years.(revamp the party names and slogans for your own locale) Some lyrics changed their wording according to the settlement in which we were plying our profession. Also, over the years, constant revision of style, if not philosophy, kept our minds sprightly. For example 'Teacher Blues' was changed yesterday - we couldn't resist the temptation of current events - half the schools being closed in Detroit, USA. Nevertheless, one urge remained and still remains constant: We need to write again today, Type the lines to thread the thoughts, Scattered in our dusty attic minds... like pearls? See, there's a couple of tarnished ideals - A refurbishing rub would do them good! Brass, alas, not gold, as once we thought. Eye-pictures of frozen time await a new recall; And aeolian guitars will sound a thrum of tunes Blending sights and delights into swinging dance! Come, shake our kaleidoscope: You will see, as once we saw, And now can see again Come, read the page, And for this moment, Let us share our lives.
About the Author: Gerald('Gerry')Oldham City, Region, Locale: Eleuthera - 1 of the 700 islands and cays Country: Bahamas Primary creative media: Books Other areas of expertise: Check out my wife My Website: http: //gerry@batelnet.bs Bio: Born British (Crewe); British education (Stafford - King Edward VI School & Birmingham University); recruited to educate the then Crown Colony of the Bahamas, which, thereafter, proceeded to educate him. Married a born- Bahamian lady (Van), who continued his education. Collaborated with his wife in the production of three sons and various publications, written for their extended family, in and out of schools. Interests: Became officially Bahamian when the country became independent. Writes on a variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. Loves poetry: Its rhythms and rhymes are the heart-beats of life; its meanings are condensed emotion 'remembered in tranquillity' (Wordsworth). Hates poetic affectations: Excuse for bad spelling and bad grammar; convoluted forms and abstruse thinking. Pen-name: 'Van Gerry' Preview - Check out things that I am working on: http: //https//www.createspace.com/Preview/1078399' About my completed projects: Books; Passing Jacks by Van Gerry Oldham An anthology of articles, drama, stories, lyrics and poetry by the Author about the Bahamas for Bahamians and those who want to know about the Bahamas... Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Barnes & Noble.com Lulu Long Memory (a novel) by Van Gerry Oldham A family saga from 1492 to the present against a background of the Arawaks, Aztecs, Amerindian tribes, European and multi-racial, present day Bahamians.... Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Barnes & Noble.com 'College of the Bahamas 'Literary Anthology' Macmillan Press Words & Music; 'Belthera' - A folk/Rock opera. Stage GHS. TV-ZNS broadcasting Links to articles & press coverage about my work: http: //AuthorsDen My accomplishments: Military: National Service Medal (British); Suez Service Medal (British) Professional: TC; Dip.Ed.(Speech and Drama); LCP (English Literature); MSc. (Educational Systems);PhD. (English Lit.) Community Awards: Justice of the Peace for Eleuthera (2006) Bahamian Awards and Certificates for Literature, Drama, TV and Radio Production, Festivals, National Anthologies, etc.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781461001577
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 250
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 344 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1461001579
  • Publisher Date: 12 Apr 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 140 mm


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