Riff – Page 16 – Dying to Live

So many ‘Big’ words

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. My two, recent previous posts provide additional context for this latest. Ordoliberalism (Post-war German Economics) – Ordoliberalism Law and the Rule of Economics, Governing through Order or Disorder, Neoliberalism, Institutionalizing Neoliberalism, Neoliberalization, Market Sprawl, Social Policy, Globalisation – 21st-CenturyContinue reading “So many ‘Big’ words”

1900’s

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. The Rise and fall of the British Empire Some say the start date should be as early as the 1490s, while other historians date the empire from the early 1600s. At its height it was (debatably) the largest empireContinue reading “1900’s”

1650 – 1850

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. One of the ‘symptoms’ of an incurable-disease diagnosis is reflection. Looking back at ‘a life‘, regrets, rewards, what ifs and those precious wow moments. Truth is, most of us go thru life focused largely on ourselves, our own livesContinue reading “1650 – 1850”

He Is Gone (She Is Gone)

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. You can shed tears that he is goneOr you can smile because he has livedYou can close your eyes and pray that he will come backOr you can open your eyes and see all that he has leftYour heartContinue reading “He Is Gone (She Is Gone)”

Living With Cancer

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Therapeutic Writing & Living With Cancer You may never have considered writing (blogging) before, but there’s abundant evidence that it’s a powerful therapeutic tool for people living with cancer. There are more than 200 studies that show the positive effect ofContinue reading “Living With Cancer”

Eric’s

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Eric’s Liverpool Eric’s Liverpool opened its doors for the first time October 1, 1976, the first couple of ‘gigs’ were temporarily held in The Fruit Exchange building, Victoria Street, two levels, upstairs and downstairs. Eric’s went on to carve out aContinue reading “Eric’s”

5 or 50

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 1984 The week before Christmas 1984. My Band had signed a record deal with EMI Records (via RAK Records) with a proposed debut single release early ’85. Around Easter ’85, the label still hadn’t decided on a release date.Continue reading “5 or 50”

1 – 1 2-3

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. And you think you’ve wonBut Sorrow will come, to you in the end, you think you’ve wonOH NO (Morrissey) My previous post, pre-game, alluded to a specific (footballing) Scouse culture ‘we are scouse not English’, manifested by a palpableContinue reading “1 – 1 2-3”

11/7/2020(21)

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. The morning of a huge game of (national) football, the most significant game for English football for 55 years. Finally, an opportunity to banish the ghosts of ’66? Sunday morning, it feels a bit like New Year Eve? Kick-offContinue reading “11/7/2020(21)”