Losing a Day

I forgot that travelling eastward we lose a day.. But the good things: I missed Monday! That’s got to be good now that I’m back on a Sat-Sun weekend. The Fri-Sat weekend in Israel can be disconcerting! Singapore to Bribane, in cattle class, but I had a...

Prayers in Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the perfect place to say prayers as it were, in situ. Use  the frequent calls to prayer from the many mosques, to remind yourself to pray your own prayers. Here’s a record of mine, that I did sort of pre-plan, or I’d have forgotten in the...

A Flight through the Night

Boarding at 11.35 pm in Singapore on a westward bound flight makes for a journey conducted in unrelieved darkness. The coldness of the cabin, the meanness of the blankets supplied by Qantas, and the dryness of the air matched the gloom of the night. I slept in...

en route in Changi

Its about 9.30 pm Singapore time, but 11.30 AEST, so Im a bit weary. Especially as my phone ran out receiving a call from home…and I cant figure out how to recharge it from here. The chill of a northern hemisphere set in high over Australia and South East Asia,...

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