NHS IN WALES

At a recent GP appointment, I was seen by a lady doctor who was very thorough, particularly when she saw my blood pressure readings. My concern that prompted this appointment was related to my throat; I had mentioned others! She wired me up and the ECG print out...

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD?

That song, made popular by Louis Armstrong, paints a world of green trees, red roses, skies of blue, and friends shaking hands, but there is another world I am witnessing.  Late one afternoon, I drove into the edge of town and parked up my car on a short-stay...

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY and INCLUSION

We are an odd human race; we come in different sizes and several skin colours. We have developed separate mother tongues within each nation.  We live nation alongside nation but not always in harmony. Many cannot even exist in harmony within our own population....

COVID – 19 and LOCKDOWN

It will not have escaped you all that my blogs direct you to my six books of POEMS BY AN OLD CODGER, but the photograph of the six books front covers also has a seventh book cover. There are twenty-two poems in the set of six books which are all about COVID-19 and...
FAMILY TRAGEDIES

FAMILY TRAGEDIES

[John Robert Jones aka Jack Morgan] In this world of constant challenges, military conflicts, and life’s demands, we all walk a path of unknown dangers. Few of us will avoid facing tragedies and loss. It’s unexpected, no goodbyes nor last words of love. Delayed shock...