Onedin Line Timeless Themes

by Susan Ternyey, June 2025 What makes a successful marriage?  Examples:  Anne & James, Robert & Sarah Season 1 Episode 1 “The Wind Blows”      Anne and James begin their marriage as a partnership, and that is a good way to begin a successful marriage.  They each have something to bring to the marriage (notContinue reading “Onedin Line Timeless Themes”

Half a Glass

by ST, 1996 There ae several ways we could respond when given half a glass of something:Shock: “Oh my gosh, I’ve only got half a glass!”Curiosity: “I wonder how come I only got a half a glass?”Outrage: “Hey, my glass is half empty!”Low self-image: “I guess I don’t have what it takes to get aContinue reading “Half a Glass”

A Mission

by ST I left your presence, Home, So short a time ago– O how could so much experience Be crammed in so short a space: A life within a life. I marvel as I look back– Am I much changed? The impressions are so deep, Will they be scars, or Wisdom’s wrinkles? And now IContinue reading “A Mission”

“And All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience”

by ST My childhood days are remembered a little faintly. Both happy times and foolish ways– I’d not return To re-live or change– I look forward, Even if a bit dubiously. Then came the years Of deciding what to be: Sampling enough of both good and evil Which fruits I tasted, I grew to knowContinue reading ““And All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience””