What matters the most?

 Beauty or Honesty?

                                                           Is Clara in Bistol?

My attractive friend, Clara, "claims" to live near where I do in Bristol, yet, she has not convinced me in several months. Each time we plan to meet, she finds a reason NOT to turn up. The she has the audacity to say "She trusts me," when she admits she's been misleading me for months.

As much as I find her very attractive, I doubt she has serious interest in meeting me.

She keeps saying she loves me, and wishes to rebuild our fragile friendship into a firm relationship, but things are looking shaky

The TRUTH about Gaza

 Israel or Palestine?

The TRUE Gaza story

Until two years ago, I was known for my Pro-Israel stance. The reasons for my change of opinion can be read on the blog, that is a by-the-way, politics aside, what cannot be denied is the history of the Gaza- Israel sitiation.

In 1968, Israel gave Gaza the option oof being helped by either Israel, or Palestine, THEY chose Palestine. Once Palestine had control, they used the area as a missile base to attack Israel, because the area is a "soft target" wth the missiles fired from schools, hospitals, and civillian homes, when Israel defends herself with the Iron Dome misssile lauches, the people in Gaza go crying to the UN that they are being attacked.

The media won't tell the truth because the BBC are pro-Palestine. I don't defend all the things Israel did, but the media should project the truth, NOT their twisted edition, but that won't sell news.

If 10 people die in Gaza, it is headlines, yet thousands die in Chad, Africa each month, and nobody hears about those attrocities because Africa is not newsworthy

Issues of Trust

 The Irony is lovely

Is Clara in Bristol?

The irony of what my friend in Bristol says is beautiful. She said she trusts me. This is from a lady, who admitted two weeks ago, she had been misleading me for months about her reasons for not turning up to dates SHE had asked me for.

I should be the one with trust issues, as after several weeks of cancelled dates, I am still unsure, though I have my suspicions, if she lives in Bristol.

A new Direction

 Kickstart

50+ ladies in the Bristol area

I am not seeking romance, but if there are ladies over 50, in the Bristol area seeking a male companion, I am willing to meet for a chat over a coffee, to see if we can get on. I live in Hartcliffe

Is the Friendship over?

 Actions speak Louder than Words

Inaction is Lethal

Actions speak louder than words, and nothing says "It is over," more than inaction.

It is now over 13 hours, since my "friend" who claims to live in Bristol contacted me, that speaks volumes for a lady who "claimed" to want to save our friendship, and begin a relationship with me.

I can't say I am suprised, I have been waiting for this to happen as I keep saying, "You have NOT proved to me, you live in Bristol."

I guess, when push came to shove, and she had to tell the truth, she found she had to make a move to appease me, or not turn up.

Untruths

Since March, when I found she "claimed" to live in Whitchurch, not Redcliffe, as I had thought - my mistake not an untruth - she has been making excuses each week, mostly about her car. I can't wait to hear why she hasn't been in contact, if she does contact me.

I told her, she had an August deadline, that was if we stayed in contact. I am upset, I thought we were going ahead, well I am not decieving myself, I won't seek romance, but if it comes my way, I will take it seriously if any 50+ ladies in Bristol are interested in me.

What is the difference?

 Books I have read

Books I finished reading

This is a question I get asked, "What books have read?"

My reply usually is "Do you mean read, or finished reading, as they are two different categories?"

I started to read books by Satre, Proust, Checkhov. this suprised my late friend in Seattle. She imagined me reading Hammond Innes, Alastair Maclean, and other adventure stories, which I have, but I have a wide range of books I have read including stories by Wilkie Collins, Louis L' Amour, and Douglas Adams.

Adams and L'Amour posed a question for me, the book I read was their last, and they knew they were dying, did they care what people thought of the book as they had already made their reputation?

Those are some of the writers I read, but didn't finish.

                                          

                                                       A popular myth

A popular myth is men don't read female authors, that is one of the biggest errors you can make.

I wouldn't be making an error thinking men read Agatha Christie, Kathy Reiches, J.K.Rowling, Patricia Cornwell, to name a few. I can name a few lesser-known writers I have read, I was very keen on Marianne MacDonald, until she dropped off the writing scene, I have read, and wished I hadn't Sara Paretsky. The gender of the writer has no effect on who I am reading, I read a story that interests me.

Among writer I finished their books I can add Rudyard Kipling, Sheridan Le Fanu, Edgar Allan Poe, Ted Lewis, Graham Greene, Len Deighton, Carl Sagan, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and of course Maclean, and Innes. There are others, but the list would get boring.

I wanted to consider myself like Chechov, until I read a short story by him, it was sssssoooo boring, and confolluted.

Yes, I have read Soviet writers, I also love Russian music, and opera, that does NOT make me a Communist, unlike so many who only see what the party wish you to see, in 1970 on a cruise, I saw the darker, unseen side

Alan Place - Byronic Hero

 A Romantic hero with a dark side

I would agree

Many people I knew said I was akin to a Bryonic Hero, the hero with a darker side, that I think is a fair comparrison, and a great compliment.

While I wouldn't dash to a country as Lord Byron did to fight in Greece, I am known for standing my ground, which earned me the monicker, Don Quixote, on one writing site, when I stood up against the site favourites for the site not keeping to its rules, and allowing the group to dictate what happened, usually to the benefit of the few in the group.

Lady Caroline Lamb

A phrase I would definitely use to describe myself comes from Lady Caroline Lamb, when describing Lord Byron, she said "He's mad, bad, and dangerous to know."