Dear Readers,
The title of today’s article sums up what is most important in our short lives now, as the result will last forever.
An e-mail last night, on 17.9.17, from James Pitts–a great friend who also featured in Blog Post #2–reminded me that he and I had talked back in April about Continue reading “Blog Post #17: FAITH+FATHER=HEAVEN”
Dear Readers,
If you’re familiar with the phrase “Up on cloud nine”–meaning being blissfully happy–then you may already be wondering what could be so good as to merit the extra 90…! Continue reading “Blog Post #16: Cloud 99”
Dear Readers,
Do you ever have the feeling that there’s a mountain of things that you would love to do, discuss and share with others, but may be wondering how and where to begin? I have had feelings like that for a while now, and today I am at the foot of the mountain, looking up. Continue reading “Blog Post #15: Mountains”
Dear Readers,
At the very start of one new school year, long ago, I had a class of 11 girls and 10 boys. When I asked my young students to look around and decide how many children there were in our class, one answer was particularly profound… Continue reading “Blog Post #14: Brothers, Sisters, Children, Champions!”
Dear Readers,
I once challenged a student to mentally rearrange the letters of C IN DETAIL to make a proper nine-letter English word. As a bonus clue, I said, “The number of C IN DETAIL people is zero”! Can you also now figure out the details mentally? Continue reading “Blog Post #13: Differences”
Dear Readers,
While the comeback in Saint Louis, USA, of 54-year-old former World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, made headline news this week, a different event that also merits special recognition was happening in the beautiful Belgian city of Bruges.
Dear Readers,
Would you like to try a fun experiment right now? I’m guessing that you weren’t expecting such an opening line, yet I’m optimistic that you’ll say “Yes”! So, please do read on to discover more…
Dear Readers,
Welcome back after a summer break of nearly three weeks! Start with the word NICE and repeat just one of its letters. Now rearrange what you have to make a proper five-letter English word… Continue reading “Blog Post #10: Peaceful Fishermen”
Dear Readers,
In Blog Post #7, I left you with a super-sizzling summer brainteaser to enjoy tussling with during the month of July, as I didn’t expect to be writing more here before August. However, after seeing a very interesting new film entitled “2:22” at the cinema last night, and then waking up this morning with a fresh, fun “discovery” in my mind, I decided to share it quickly. Please do have fun with it, too!
Dear Readers,
This is just a small tribute to an extremely kind lady who was my boss for nine years, and is being shared with her family’s approval. Just four days ago, I learned that Johanna Bambridge, my wonderful former Elementary School Principal (from 2005-2014) at St. John’s International School, Waterloo, had died on the previous day, 6 July 2017, at the age of 65. Johanna’s family have been very moved by tributes from hundreds of caring friends, showing how greatly Johanna is loved.
Paul Motwani 