Children’s Safety News headlines about heinous criminal acts against children such as kidnapping, abuse, assault, murder and rape are more than just disturbing. They are shocking. It is right …
Birds Within the past few years, interest in all aspects of our environment has increased in proportion to the damage we are doing to it. Birds form not only …
The sea is a bottomless rubbish pit, Discuss First, we should be clear as to what is meant by ‘the sea’. To get the concept into proportion, it is …
The shrinking earth While the world shrinks owing to modem means of communication and transport, the land available for our habitation also shrinks, posing a problem which, if not …
Scientists are the explorers of today Exploration in the commonly accepted sense began with people like the sea-faring Columbus when, in the middle ages it was realized that the …
The wind suddenly rose The wind suddenly rose and at the time we thought nothing of it. We snuggled together, giggling, in the caravan double bed. Jan and I …
The pen is mightier than the sword Most paradoxes are clever rather than true, but there is enough to be said for this one to give it at least …
The Golden Age of Youth “The Golden Age of Youth”? Who coined up that expression? I am certainly not experiencing “golden” days in my life as a youth. Furthermore, …