TR EMERITUS

The news has come out that Pele, the legendary Brazilian football star has died. He was 82 and suffering from colon cancer, so you could say that this was to be expected. However, there is a sense that the world has lost something valuable and for the second time this year, I find myself feeling emotional over the loss of someone... 

It’s now a matter of hours before 2022 comes to a close and we start on a New Year. Everyone is going to be singing Auld Lang Syne and making all sorts of New Year resolutions that will probably not be kept: After the singing and partying to welcome the new year, many people around the world are going to be worrying about... 

It’s Christmas day and I’ve been thinking of something meaningful to say and I decided to touch on a tradition I started around two-years back of buying Christmas cards from a colleague of mine, who likes to hand paint them. My former colleague has a particular talent or at least she has a particular effect on me. She is...