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For the first time, the entire 18-year collection of Tom's "Random Thoughts" columns from Fire Engineering magazine are assembled and presented in book format.
Random Thoughts attempts compiling the views, feelings and moods of the ‘society’ whose contemplations usually disappear in the miasmic haze of the so-called ‘mediocrity’ of a common man. The feelings, though may not necessarily fall in any of the categories of poetry in the classical forms of verse, rhyme, ode, sonnet or elegy, but essentially connect with the society on assorted and diverse issues that affect us daily. This collection serves a platter, which, if digested well, can ginger up the feelings of the masses and urge them to be cognizant of the sensitivities and compassions of the fellow humans. These poems traverse issues that are neither inter-connected nor consistent but surely add variety to this assortment.
Random Thoughts: Food for the Mind and Thoughts with No Answers are the two main reasons for writing this book. At times, we all need someone to talk to or someone to listen to us, but there’s no one around or no one who cares. This book offers you ways to answer your own questions and rely on yourself to make a righteous decision for yourself. This book offers a piece of reality with a spiritual twist and an understanding of how to deal with other people. Random Thoughts will give you the answer to questions in your mind that you want to ask or may be looking for in all the wrong places. It can say the things you feel you can’t say. This book gives the assurance that you’re not alone in this world and that we all go through some of the same obstacles, trials and tribulations in life as others, but we deal with them in many different ways. Its job is to open you up to new ideas and to open your mind to other ways to deal with life’s struggles, and it will help you express how you feel to a loved one when you’re at a loss for words. Random Thoughts is an empowering, uplifting, guiding book, and it teaches how to show love and be loved. Most of all, it shows you how to keep the faith in yourself to live a better and more fruitful life with our God as your guide.
'An extraordinary novel of magnificent scope' Evening Standard As young boys both Jacques Rebière and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the human mind. As psychiatrists, their quest takes them from the squalor of the Victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of the renowned Professor Charcot in Paris; from the heights of the Sierra Madre in California to the plains of unexplored Africa. As the concerns of the old century fade and the First World War divides Europe, the two men's volatile relationship develops and changes, but is always tempered by one exceptional woman; Thomas's sister Sonia. Moving and challenging in equal measure, Human Traces explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. 'Shocking and enlightening...touching and affecting' Daily Mail
My name is Norman Lawrence Rowlston, and the following poems represent my thoughts and ideas on all that has happened to me over the last 30 years. After a considerable period of illness, which culminated in a heart transplant in 1996, I decided to try my hand at writing. Some 20 or more of the poems have been published by companies in the USA and in the UK. In America, the main publisher of my works is the International Society of Poets, and in the UK the main one is United Press. Several of my poems are reflections of time spent on the way to and in hospital at certain times; the main one of these is an ode of tribute to the nursing staff, and that is the one entitled Angels of the Night. Although not a sufferer of Alzheimer's disease, I was asked to produce a couple of poems for publishing in their newsletters, including Unseen Images. Marching was written to show support for the Rural Life Association. Justice was in answer to the letting off of a Judge without any response after he had committed a crime. A Dying Breed was a cry from the heart after the butchery of the mining industry by Margaret Thatcher. This was dear to my heart as I have lived most of my life in a heavily endowed mining area, now defunct. I also worked down the pit on two periods. Love is a tribute to my wife of 37 years, Joan, whilst A Prayer to Love was written specifically for the wedding of one of my step grandchildren. The poem was read out during the church service by my eldest grandson. Graduation was written to show my pride in my son and daughter on graduating from University. 9/11 was the idea behind Pray for America. This was published in some newspapers in both America and Hawaii. There are a few poems which may sound strange to your ears, but they are literally correct as they have been written in Yorkshire dialect, a mode I intend to do more in. Nonsense poetry is included with two of the ones I wrote for a children's magazine, and they are Snow and The Obligatatum. The Tramp is based on a true story from this area. All the artwork contained in this booklet has been produced by my wife, Joan Rowlston. Please read and enjoy; half of the joy of writing is knowing that someone else is also getting pleasure from your efforts.
Random Thoughts is a collection of thoughts and poems, expressing various experiences, ideas, or interactions, during my journey about this mass of confusion we call Earth. My hope is to show personal enlightenment, disenchantment, frustration, happiness, bitterness, and many other such irrelevant feelings as life is expected to go on! Some helpful insight for you would be nice or a laugh, or just to ponder things from a different perspective.
This is Arthurs second book and illustrates his thoughts on many topics that he collected over his lifetime. He puts his twist on words and says them in a way no one else can.
Amazing life experiences, joy, love, disappointments, and despair, does not bring the spirit down but makes you ride high up on the successful horse to rectify the difficulties, and create great memories. Find friends where you did not expect and did not go searching for new loyal friends and affectionate philosophers without desire to prove yourself. Trends and culture of the past and present and their long lasting challenges and implications are delightfully described. Diplomacy and politics at home and internationally was not at all stressful, instead thrives with exchanges of opinions, emotions and gratitude. Realities of "aging graciously and not traveling far" reflects strong light on the physical challenges of wear, tear, growth and disintegration of various body parts, and accepting them without fear or unhappiness. This life is precious and delicious to experience. This genuine elder statesman has poured his heart and emotions to describe experiences of life without reservation and some disappointments, and handling them with gracious diplomacy till the end of Life. Towards the end when the mind is very much Alive and the Body (physically) declines with normal aging process as known at present, his thought process is crystal clear for Love of Life and many Friendships. His social connections live on beyond his physical being Life.
I titled this book Random Thoughts overtly tongue-in-cheek because, as I have argued in the introduction and preface, I do not believe in anything random about why and how we exist in a nonrandom universe. I strongly believe in creationism, one that does not deny the factuality of evolution in that creative process. The way I see it, the universe and our existence was schemed, designed, and finely-tuned by a transcendent supremely sentient impulse""God""who is not into acts of futility. The essay titled "It's All about God" specifically argues the idea that God's creation of sentient beings""us""was His act of utmost utility because if we are not here to perceive, experience, and witness the universe in all its glory, it would just be cold, dead space out here, there, and everywhere with neither usefulness nor timeliness.
Chosen as an Official Syllabus Selection by the Music Teachers Association of California, Random Thoughts by Joyce Grill contains 11 original piano solos that will motivate students to excel. Using descriptive titles, patterns that are easy to memorize, and captivating melodies, this collection presents students with exciting repertoire that will spark their imagination while nurturing interpretive skills. Titles: * Bittersweet * Close Together * Gentle Rain * The Grand Ballroom * Gray Skies * I Wish I Knew * Melancholy Minutes * Random Thoughts * Shimmering Waters * South of the Border * Strolling on the Avenue.
Random Thoughts is a collection of fifteen essays in literary criticism, some revised, improved and reprinted, and others in print for the first time. These essays are the outcome of the author’s intensive reading and revaluation of a wide variety of Indian, British, African, Singaporean and Pakistani writers and their works in English. Ranging from William Shakespeare to Rabindranath Tagore, from Edward Said to Salman Rushdie, from Chinua Achebe to Edwin Thumboo, from Shiv K. Kumar to K. N. Daruwalla, from Shashi Deshpande to Cyrus Mistry, they are the evidence of exercises in critical intelligence. In addition, there are essays focused on the nature and function of transparency in autobiography, theoretical perceptions about the author-text relationship, Indian feminism, Indian English children’s literature, the Buddhist vision in English literature, and Pakistani poetry in English. The book, thus, addresses the works of different literary genres – poetry, fiction, drama, memoir, and translation – sensitively and with a freshness of approach. Since these writers mostly figure in the university syllabi in India and abroad, the book is a valuable contribution to the body of literary criticism, and is especially useful for students, teachers, researchers and readers with an interest in English literature.
The book RANDOM THOUGHTS is a compilation of write-ups, on those aspects of life I have felt and feel strongly about. Nostalgic reflections as I move down memory lane, reminiscing about the bygone days, sometimes with childish glee, sometimes with remorse and at other times with a hopeful hope. The writings likewise are a smooth blend of the past merging into the present and vice-versa. I write with candour, which most oft than not verges on to bluntness since I write straight from the heart, a sort of umbilical connect betwixt my thoughts and words. Words have an intangible power of coming alive, like a painting on a canvas, making the reader get lost amidst their folds. Random Thoughts I hope will give respite to the readers from the day-to-day stresses of life as they will traverse through the journey of my life with a keen involvement and interest. The writings were penned betwixt May 2012 and March 2014. Thank you.
You may never find a more simply written book on the basic issues of our lives. It cuts through the artificial complications we impose on our lives to reveal profoundly simple answers. This book is a collection of inspired observations gathered from one person's very ordinary life. It will light up your conscience and common sense!