Thursday, March 19, 2026

Ad Hoc #21. If You Could See

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  P,S, Song 'Real Love' (2026) from Jess Tailor: here . What a looooovely song.
Friday, March 6, 2026

Ad Hoc #20. How Special

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Ad Hoc #19. The Ones We Choose

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"Here's what made 'The Bridges of Madison County' work. Clint Eastwood understood something other directors missed: This is...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Ad Hoc #18. Four Hits Inspired by Literature

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Pop songs may last only a few minutes but some of them carry stories that are hundreds of years old. Writers, poets and other myth-makers ha...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Ad Hoc #17. Before and After

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Today, for the first time, my eye fell on the online university Coursera. For free? Yes - some courses. A better answer: almost free. For US...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

Ad Hoc #16. Liberating and With Responsibility

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Ad Hoc #15. Our Emotions

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E.O. Wilson (an American biologist) described in 2009 a key problem of modern society in one sentence:  “We have Paleolithic emotions, medie...
Monday, October 27, 2025

Ad Hoc #14. Aunt Valeria

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Addendum to the story of ' Anna from the North ' (12-2021). Anna loves smells. One that lingered in her mind was the smell of oil pa...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Ad Hoc #13. What Problem Solved?

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Ad Hoc #12. When Lightning Strikes

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At the end of a rainbow one can find a pot of gold. (Dutch saying. I didn't check if this is a common saying in other countries too).  W...