Odds and ends, Panflute

 Titanic Panflute

https://youtu.be/Ui91xOcFVmk?list=RDMM

Patriotism and Nationalism

https://www.thoughtco.com/patriotism-and-nationalism-4178864?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22974419&utm_term=

 

Leaders & good judgment

https://hbr.org/2020/01/the-elements-of-good-judgment

At age 80, what are your expectations?

My 78 Th birthday is quickly approaching so I checked the actuarial tables at social security as I do before every birthday. I want to see how much longer the charts say I have.

Actuarial Life Table

a 78 year old woman statistically has about 11 years of life left.

80 looks very close to me right now. I’m not one to hurry time; I’m pretty philosophical.

But there’s something about 80 that has had an effect on me.

As for expectations -I really don’t “future trip” either. I quit having expectations when I was in an auto accident in 1994 that completely changed my life. I had a lot of hopes, plans and expectations when I was younger but the accident, combined with my husbands death in 2004 angled me away from expectations.

I live a day at a time now. I suspect I’ll continue to live a day at a time in the future.

I live with chronic pain and never know from day to day how I’m going to feel.

Guess I really didn’t answer your question did I?

 

Odds and ends. Tharuda nidana rae,

 Tharuda Nidana rae

https://youtu.be/ZIAwhGgFrhA

Covid vaccines

https://www.dw.com/en/covid-19-vaccine-development-whats-the-progress/a-55648707

Child discipline

https://www.verywellfamily.com/dont-say-this-when-disciplining-your-child-1094808?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22789629&utm_term=

Winston rebukes 

https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favorite-Winston-Churchill-story

Odds and ends, Zorba the Greek.

 Zorba the Greek

https://youtu.be/f16cwfdSuOQ

Ancient origins of cities

https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-cities-with-ancient-origins-118468?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22813144&utm_term=

 

Bridges

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/g2383/the-worlds-most-impressive-bridges/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=020121&utm_campaign=nl22785494&src=nl

Tamil bell found in New Zealand

http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_84_1975/Volume_84,_No._4/The_story_of_the_Tamil_bell,_by_Brett_Hilder,_p_476-484/p1

Odds and ends, Roses are red my love,

 Roses are red my love

https://youtu.be/zj7ejieN93Y?list=TLPQMjMwMTIwMjET4F4evBbc0A

Tennyson – ‘Sunset and evening star’

https://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/tennyson/section10/

Banned books

https://www.thoughtco.com/controversial-and-banned-books-738746?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22778360&utm_term=

The scream

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-scream-by-edvard-munch-182890?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22757006&utm_term=

Odds and ends, 'Thiruppaadam'.

 

Thiruppadham

https://youtu.be/zexDsPisvvw?t=12

Larry King’s interviews

https://people.com/tv/larry-king-dead-most-iconic-interviews/

Tennyson – Sunset and evening star

https://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/tennyson/section10/

When Tribalism Goes Bad

Human survival relies on groups, but what if those connections are toxic?

How can we invoke healthy forms of tribalism and lessen bad tribalism? First, recognize that groups built on the foundation of hate, disdain, and anger build those traits in ourselves. With the constant urging of bad tribalism, we stay angry, and that can affect our personal well-being. Second, we can step outside ourselves through empathy and see the world from the view of others. When we use empathy to understand others, we see how we are similar, how we are all human beings. Empathy can broaden our sense of connections to others, and that diminishes bad tribalism.

Odds and ends, Loch Lomond

 

Bonny banks  of Loch Lomond

https://youtu.be/aBmjFrx3Tr0

https://youtu.be/feLT7Btuqpc

I think a lot of you aren't aware of the story of this song. The song is about 2 imprisoned soldiers in England, 1 was to be beheaded, the other was sent back to Scotland as a free man. This is why the song goes, "you take the high road and I'll take the low", the low road is what we call being dead sometimes. The high road is over the hills. Then the next line is "and I'll be in Scotland before you" meaning he's going to be in heaven/Scotland. Its about the battle of Culloden in the 1700s. We sing it at weddings, funerals and any chance we can at parties. It's to let the English and the rest of the world know that we will always be free as long as we have Scotland in our hearts

Larry King interviews

https://people.com/tv/larry-king-dead-most-iconic-interviews/

Teaching a child

https://www.verywellfamily.com/raising-a-thankful-child-2765058?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22691182&utm_term=

Harry Truman is oft-misquoted as having said “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Turns out, he wasn’t such a great pet owner—he angered dog lovers around the country when he gave away his puppy named Feller.

Harry Truman who earned the remark “To err is Truman” because of the various mistakes he made.

Odds and ends, I just called to say I love you,

 I just called to say I love you

https://youtu.be/wFEH4GYXhAk

Benny Hill

https://youtu.be/AX3LF8txv4g

Bee stings

https://www.thoughtco.com/do-bees-die-after-they-sting-you-1968055?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22712802&utm_term=

 

COVID airborne transmission

https://www.quora.com/q/coronavirus?__ni__=0&__nsrc__=4&__snid3__=16499545174&__tiids__=19368800

Odds and ends, Garden of Eden, Nihal Gooneratne.

 

Odds and ends, Zesta restaurant, Watawala, Sri Lanka.

Washed linen being dried on a tin roof

 

Zesta restaurant near Watawala 

Roses in the garden of the restaurant.

Odds and ends, "When I am 64"

 "When I am 64"

https://youtu.be/uHGe09wXwX0

 

Kalpana Chowla

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwKkRChHjFPGBvXxjrzJBThhnNx

 

Anger management

https://www.verywellfamily.com/ways-to-teach-your-child-anger-management-skills-1095010?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22561507&utm_term=

Indian science

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwKkRDpqcxpZsCqnnxkqCTMtxvg?projector=1

Odds and ends, Auld lang syne

Auld lang syne

1. https://youtu.be/WTCryF1J54Y

2. https://youtu.be/_xWxyxsVAsQ

HARBIN ICE FESTIVAL

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=ba401bc17d&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1688095950893752085&th=176d5252cbcc1f15&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=176d520db5adc9e98651

Moving ahead

https://blog.youversion.com/2021/01/how-to-move-forward-in-2021/

 

Brain discoveries

https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/in-death-one-form-of-sensory-perception-persists

Odds and ends, Music of India

Veena -Aadippirappekkunallai viduthalai

https://youtu.be/Nm1qBoBHzbA?list=RD4yv4ea1pFp4

Drive cities

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwKkHlqwMcfRtHJCjNtnKQsRTdD

Apocope

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-apocope-1689114?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22539342&utm_term=

Ginger

https://www.tips-and-tricks.co/health/happens-body-eat-ginger/

Happy New Year, 2021

 

Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters, Murikandy, Sri Lanka.

Please click on each of the two web-links below:-

May the Good Lord Bless and Keep you

1. https://youtu.be/PbKTJzcNEWk

2. https://youtu.be/PD9KLA4qz3A

 

Our best wishes to You  all.

May the New Year 2021 bring you Happiness and Joy.

 

From  Philip and Ramya

Odds and ends, Kandy Lanissi,

Kandy lamissi

Please click on the  web-link below :-

https://youtu.be/b7ph3bQRehU  

Halleluja – Monks

https://youtu.be/3-uvyL-sAHY

 

Perfume capital

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/asia/india/how-did-kannauj-become-a-perfume-capital/?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20201217.rank&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign

 

Christmas ward song

https://www.facebook.com/philip.veerasingam/posts/3903317389680519

 

Odds and ends, London Symphony,

London symphony

https://youtu.be/6SlwnNKsidw

Vaccine problems

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/special-report-how-a-british-covid-19-vaccine-went-from-pole-position-to-troubled-start/ar-BB1ccxWy

 

Post Brexit Britain

https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-deal-explained-free-trade-future-808646?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20201225.rank&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign

 

10 best photos 2020

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/2020/12/10-unforgettable-images-from-our-year-in-pictures-issue/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Photography_20201225&rid=5B79CAC70460A1DE3EE8726DE4693511

Odds and ends, Christmas flash mob,

 Christmas flashmob, Berlin

https://youtu.be/pSEdQGGjB8Y

Testing obedience

https://www.thoughtco.com/milgram-experiment-4176401?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22466331&utm_term=

 

Port-city Sri Lanka

https://youtu.be/ahv2-XPAuqY

 

Cave carvings

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/07/oldest-carving-east-asia-maker-mystery/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=SpecialEdition_Escape_20201216&rid=5B79CAC70460A1DE3EE8726DE4693511

Odds and ends, Scarborough fair

 

Scarborough fair - Celia Pavey

https://youtu.be/mpWWOhJXs3A

The ‘Jingle bells’ story

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/jingle-bells-christmas-song/

Christmas 1950 in Ceylon

https://roar.media/english/life/history/christmas-in-ceylon-in-the-50s-swing-bands-and-grand-galas

COVID visitor management

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwKjwzbHtMfDRMbQVkBftMQvqjw

Odds and ends, Felis navidad

 Flash mob - Felis Navidad

All you got to do is to have a loving and caring heart for others without expecting anything in return. If you help others even with a little things you can do... you will be bless in one way or the other...

 

https://youtu.be/wEK2Jwzqpg8

 

Christmas is a time for giving and sharing.

Celebration in a ward during Christmas.

Please click on the web-link below with your speakers on :-

https://www.facebook.com/100000068888947/videos/3903316883013903/

Halleluja – Monks

https://youtu.be/3-uvyL-sAHY

 

Perfume capital

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/asia/india/how-did-kannauj-become-a-perfume-capital/?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20201217.rank&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign

 

COVID visitor management

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwKjwzbHtMfDRMbQVkBftMQvqjw

The spirit of Christmas.

Please click on the web-link below with your speakers on :- 

https://www.facebook.com/100000068888947/videos/3903316883013903/