It is an historical truth that the early-arriving colonists very nearly didn’t survive. The first few years they attempted to farm collectively, in that everything harvested was pooled and shared by all. Anyone in need (or as it turned out, lazy) could take as much as they desired while enjoying a grand old lifestyle at…
Allow me to indulge myself, just a little bit if you don’t mind, and get away from the political scene for a wee while. Five years ago to the day, I posted a piece in my SONday Blog extolling the fact that I had just entered the golden age of ‘Age’ – ie that period…
Today, yours truly passes into territory that Moses describes as “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” So deciding to put aside the political problems of…