MONKEY LOOK FOR NUTS
Derek Nimmo stars in “All Gas and Gaiters”, a good humourous commentary on pontificating. This Monkey has long learned not to look for any meaningful answers to life from highly paid professional mainstream religious pontificators. This weekend the Television served up an interesting mix of differing viewpoints. Algy records Rowan Dean’s Outsiders for me to watch at tea time. While the show is transmitted live, the zoo has Greg Laurie’s Harvest Ministries on the internal system. Greg is a down to earth Bible believing Christian, to whom I relate. No high falluting incomprehensible theology here. He had some pertinent things…
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED
My Keeper, Algy, and I had an encouraging e-mail exchange during the weekend. We are not going to let Bonkers Biden and the Gnomes of Davos steal all our joy. Algy was sharing with me some of the inspired songs he has found helpful in his Christian walk. I invite my readers to share some of the songs and anecdotes that you have found most empowering. Enjoy Judith Durham and the Seekers, click above. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley
SUPER TROOPER
My keeper, Algy, recently got back in touch with an old friend with whom he went to School. Charlie Shea-Simonds, see picture above. Charlie joined the Parachute Regiment after passing through Officer training at Sandhurst, in the 1960’s, England. Charlie has written a rip roaring book of memoirs, which will alleviate all anxiety about the China virus, guaranteed! It is a book that celebrates a way of life and thinking that has, sadly, largely passed the “post modern” world by. It is a wonderful catalogue of heroism, hair raising deeds, escapes from lurid accidents from the first pages the action…