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Notes on a Pandemic (Part 7)
"I knew everything. I knew it could be horrible and I knew it could be maybe good….I don’t want to be a negative person. I’m a...

Glenn Dobbs
Apr 9, 20206 min read


The Folding
“With enough butter, anything is good” - Julia Child At the end of our last episode I wrote a piece called “The Moments of Happiness”....

Glenn Dobbs
Apr 5, 20205 min read


Notes on a Pandemic (Part 6)
“This is nothing. The flu kills more people every year” A friend of our family who is a resident at a local nursing home “Pain is...

Glenn Dobbs
Apr 1, 20206 min read


Notes on a Pandemic (Part 5)
“I don’t believe you really need that many ventilators” - Donald Trump during an interview with Sean Hannity last night “It’s going to...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 27, 20204 min read


Notes on a Pandemic (Part 4)
"Netflix has been asked to limit services for fear of breaking the internet" - News report yesterday afternoon "I will follow you into...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 20, 20204 min read


Let's Hope Not
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 14, 20203 min read


Notes on a Pandemic (Part 3)
“Oh F**k……” - Donald Trump caught on a hot mic moments before he addressed the nation Ok, last night we were treated to the following 9...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 12, 20206 min read


Notes on a Pandemic (Part 2)
"I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of these doctors said, 'How do you know so much...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 10, 20203 min read


The Moments of Happiness
“Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend. But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 5, 20202 min read


Monday Was Market Day
“We all know Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth” -Pablo Picasso “We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. I don’t...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 5, 20204 min read


Holy Toledo!
“This is not the Toledo I remember, “ She said. “This is the first one” “Oh…..well that makes sense” - A conversation I had with Colleen...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 4, 20203 min read


The Bad Throw
"In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 3, 20202 min read


Bullfighting & Iran Memories
“A culturally important tradition and a fully developed art form on par with painting, dancing, and music” -Guidebook description of...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 1, 20204 min read


No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition
“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 29, 20203 min read


A Very Abu Birthday
"Thanks so much for the kind birthday wishes!" - Me The weather finally cleared and it gave us an opportunity to take a walk near the...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 28, 20201 min read


Ladies' Fashions
"You are a modest queen, that knows her true worth by keeping her modest heart secure with shyness." -Herhiddensoul "Hijab is a symbol of...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 27, 20204 min read


Notes on a Pandemic
“Trump is reportedly furious that the stock market is plunging on coronavirus fears” -Pippa Stevens We are in Abu Dhabi. We arrived at 5...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 26, 20203 min read


Genesis
"Unkulunkulu, the Ancient One, grew from reeds, or uthlanga, and brought with him people and cattle. Upon his own creation, he created...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 23, 20204 min read


Come Take a Walk with Us
“Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 23, 20205 min read


Cool Rocks
“A man must for years examine for himself great piles of superimposed strata, and watch the sea at work grinding down old rocks and...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 21, 20203 min read
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