On Vernon‘s birthday, I am publishing here an extract from his “Youth” on his musical education. Doing it my way may prove to be a more effective strategy than the one he used when trying to teach me about music… 😉 The links will no doubt help! I invite you to listen to some of […]
Vernon’s Youth is what he was writing back in 2018. This was meant to be part of what he entitled “A life of sorts”. He only completed this part. Vernon used to tell many stories about his years before he met me, which I heard many times. So I suggested he should write them down. […]
“Three Friends Remember Vernon” is published in Spanish and in English… for 3 good reasons: 1. Vernon chose Spanish at an early age Vernon chose Spanish (and French) for his “O” levels. As I was checking his papers, I came across his notebooks with his school work: History, Geography, Latin, French, and Spanish. 2. English […]
Vernon: encompassing his life by Nigel, Vernon’s brother. It was with deep sorrow that I heard of Vernon’s death. I find it very difficult to write something which can encompass the life of my biologically closest relative. My only brother He was my only brother, born into the nuclear age thirteen days after Hiroshima and […]
Whitby: trece siglos de historia lo escribí por primera vez el 18 de agosto de 2015. Entonces se lo dediqué especialmente a Pilar, una de mis amigas más queridas. Lo escribí en español porque ella no habla ni entiende inglés. Le prometí entonces que le contaría por qué me fascinaba tanto pasar una semana en […]
