Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire (part 2)

Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire (part 2)

by | Oct 23, 2025 | Analects

At my previous firm, where I’d started in accounting, punctuality had been drilled into me. Consequently, I arrived at my new employer, Griffith Miles Sully & Co., shortly before 9 a.m. Instead of a converted Victorian house, I was installed on the second floor of...
Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire (part 2)

Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire (part 1)

by | Oct 16, 2025 | Analects

“Sorry, we don’t employ trainee accountants.” Thus began my twenty-minute interview with Mr Griffith, the senior partner of Griffith Miles Sully & Company. I was desperate. My current employer was about to give me the sack. If that happened, I would never qualify...
Kaua’i

Kaua’i

by | Oct 9, 2025 | Analects

My luck had finally run out. After completing 106 consecutive weekly analects/blogs, I hit a brick wall. Every analect posted attracted a raft of reader comments ranging from “Loved it”, to “Couldn’t understand it”, to “Your worst yet”. But each had one component: my...
A Day in the Life of … ( Part 3)

A Day in the Life of … ( Part 3)

by | Oct 2, 2025 | Analects

At the top of the steep stone steps, a large, ornate stone arch greeted us – the Puerta de Toledo – one of several gates converging onto the Plaza Puerta del Sol, the grandest of Madrid’s squares. Once again, the scene teemed with tourists. Everyone barged into each...
A Day in the Life of … ( Part 3)

A Day in the Life of …(Part 2)

by | Sep 25, 2025 | Analects

  The merciless heat, dust and incessant squeeze of the horde at the Royal Palace of Madrid had drained us. Entering Calle de Bailén, we were parched. At this time in the afternoon, the broad, gently curving boulevard was deserted, its inhabitants presumably...
A Day in the Life of … ( Part 3)

A Day in the Life of … ( Part 1)

by | Sep 18, 2025 | Analects

It was the beginning of the end. Today was the last day of our family holiday in Spain and, indeed, of our future travels together. A week before our holiday, Alex had graduated from the University of British Columbia, immediately garnering a job in Vancouver,...