It’s been a tough year for Gleeko – between gastro, a chest infection, a persistent fever, severe sciatica and minor eye surgery, there has been little time for fun and leisure. But Summer brings with it hope, anticipation and excitement. The days are longer and the weather is warmer; Summer Read more…
Yesterday I stepped into a store known and loved by many of us. Let’s call this store Costline, since it closely resembles the name of the store I walked into. Don’t worry too much about the store itself – every store is more or less the same in this regard. Read more…
Today, we stand tall; we stand firm; we stand strong. We say ‘NO’. A resounding ‘No.’ It’s October 28 1940. The Second World War is now in full swing. The Italian fascists have teamed up with the German Nazis and it’s a sorry picture for the Allied forces. The future Read more…
Sometimes bad things happen. Sometimes, when you look back at a horrendously bad time in your life from the comfort of a future safe place, events don’t seem quite as bad as they did when they were happening. Things might not have been ideal, but perhaps they weren’t quite so Read more…
I did four push-ups yesterday and my arms are really sore today. And before you ask, no that wasn’t a typo. I did four push-ups. Not forty-four. Not four hundred and four. Four. There are four letters in the word four. There are also four letters in another word that Read more…
Isn’t there already enough negativity in the world? Does every stranger, or more relevantly here, every spammer, have to be feared and loathed? To this, I say ‘No!’ Rather, they should be laughed at and ridiculed for our own entertainment and amusement. It’s a victimless exercise! Win-Win. So welcome to Read more…
I heard some words spoken and they sent me straight to Trouble town. The words they echoed in my mind and they crinkled my brow. Oh Trouble town was a dark place with little to give. It was heavy with the burden carried by those that there did live. I Read more…
The months of Autumn are usually my favourite of the year. Autumn months bring crisp mornings and glorious days filled with streaming sunshine and hopeful blue skies. They also bring a kind of uplifting sadness with the falling of the leaves of the trees; a melancholy that you’re happy to Read more…
I have been a little quiet of late. “Why is this Gleeko?” I sense that you are asking me in an internal dialogue that only you can hear but somehow I can ‘sense’ from near and far much like Superman’s ability to hear cries for help from every corner of Read more…
It’s a known fact that people need space to feel happy; space from other people, from societal rules, from noise, from congestion and from agitation. That’s why so many of us dream of having a little pocket of earth that we can call our own – a space where we Read more…