Andres...thanks for the moral support!!! Re the walking regime - and re the sadness I feel for the murder.
I was set up to-day by the staff of my Federal Member Pat Conroy (the Minister for Weapons I have dubbed him - his portfolio covers five different and hard to remember sectors - one of which is covered by weapons procurement I think) to receive a 15" phone call to my number to-day at mid-day. The much awaited call never came. I will now write him a long letter enumerating the points I had listed to discuss with him - and I will forward it far and wide, too.
And mention that it is to honour Hossam SHABAT - and my other journalist informant in Rafah - Khalil SAEEED - they were friends. Jim
Bravo re the walk/jog routines and for the walk in NZ - and for your book coming to draft fruition state. I once walked the entire 1200 km 88-temple walk around Shikoku - on the eve of turning 60 - March 20-April 20, 2009. I still do lots of walking - three to four times a week - four to seven or more km each time. Now in my mid-70s.
I'm working on outlining a correspondence with a journalist (formerly sports journo) in Rafah in Gaza - caring for his six-year-old niece - her parents lying beneath the rubble of their home in Khan Younis) and dealing with the news just to hand this morning that another journalist Hossam Shabat (23/24) with whom I was in intermittent contact from early November last year till mid-last month - has been murdered by the Zionist IDF. Shocking in any case but the more so by having had personal contact. It makes my own project all the more pressing though I find myself easily distracted - and therefore make slow progress - but I will get there. Thanks for inspiring me in the interim. Jim
Well, your feedback is equally inspiring to me. Walking 3-4 x 4-7 kms over week is perfect exercise. I think you’ve mentioned the Shikoku walk before; you must have been a better walker than me to stride out 40 kms/day for a month, I flag well before 30 kms. I’m so sorry to hear about Hossam Shabat; I read about that today. Israel seems to know no morality. Good luck with your project and if I can do anything to help…
Andres...thanks for the moral support!!! Re the walking regime - and re the sadness I feel for the murder.
I was set up to-day by the staff of my Federal Member Pat Conroy (the Minister for Weapons I have dubbed him - his portfolio covers five different and hard to remember sectors - one of which is covered by weapons procurement I think) to receive a 15" phone call to my number to-day at mid-day. The much awaited call never came. I will now write him a long letter enumerating the points I had listed to discuss with him - and I will forward it far and wide, too.
And mention that it is to honour Hossam SHABAT - and my other journalist informant in Rafah - Khalil SAEEED - they were friends. Jim
Good luck with all that.
Bravo re the walk/jog routines and for the walk in NZ - and for your book coming to draft fruition state. I once walked the entire 1200 km 88-temple walk around Shikoku - on the eve of turning 60 - March 20-April 20, 2009. I still do lots of walking - three to four times a week - four to seven or more km each time. Now in my mid-70s.
I'm working on outlining a correspondence with a journalist (formerly sports journo) in Rafah in Gaza - caring for his six-year-old niece - her parents lying beneath the rubble of their home in Khan Younis) and dealing with the news just to hand this morning that another journalist Hossam Shabat (23/24) with whom I was in intermittent contact from early November last year till mid-last month - has been murdered by the Zionist IDF. Shocking in any case but the more so by having had personal contact. It makes my own project all the more pressing though I find myself easily distracted - and therefore make slow progress - but I will get there. Thanks for inspiring me in the interim. Jim
Well, your feedback is equally inspiring to me. Walking 3-4 x 4-7 kms over week is perfect exercise. I think you’ve mentioned the Shikoku walk before; you must have been a better walker than me to stride out 40 kms/day for a month, I flag well before 30 kms. I’m so sorry to hear about Hossam Shabat; I read about that today. Israel seems to know no morality. Good luck with your project and if I can do anything to help…