World of the Written Word

It is a real education watching the political situation on the northeast side of the Pacific.  My last posting was about those with deep ...

The Telegraph  reports that those with huge wallets are self-isolating in luxury at sea.  And the phenomenon isn't even confined to t...

Well, New Zealand has managed to survive two days of total lockdown, in what we are told is an unprecedented, yet very necessary, move to...

Hellfire Corner , by Alaric Bond Alaric Bond is one of the best — if not the best — of the novelists of the Nelson-and-Napoleon era....

We all know (I think) that a bear market is one that falls, and a bull market is one that rises. The statue of a bull is an icon of W...

My classmate's uncle  works in Shenzhen Hospital China and was assigned to study Wuhan pneumonia virus.  He just told me on phone th...

From Cruise Critic Australia AIDA German cruise line AIDA has suspended all operations through early April. Cruisers on cancele...

According to the Guardian , Princess is taking a breather. The cruise operator Carnival is halting the journeys of all ships in its Pr...

The United States Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, reports that an interesting Coast Guard ship is to make yet another visit to Welli...

His name is Mittens.  And it seems that he is a Turkish Angora -- a fine breed, seemingly, because it has given him the charisma of a kin...