Pluck it from the sky!

Pluck it from the sky!

Sunset at the “Edge of Solomon” Riyadh. Courtesy of former student Dang P. S.

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glorious reddish pearl

let me pluck it from the sky

tis pretty sunset

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Phone: A part of one ‘s attire?

Phone: A part of one ‘s attire?

Phone, a part of us? (Photo by Anthony Shkraba on Pexels.com)

“I’ve been calling you all morning! Why didn’t you pick up your phone? I had to call Danny to talk to you!”

“I was in the kitchen all morning. The phone was in my room! It is my ‘no phone time’!

Is a phone part of our attire?

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Quote:-

I finally realized that people are prisoners of their phones… that’s why it’s called a “cell” phone. – Anonymous

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Of books and a phone

Of books and a phone

Phone to read and write
Books to read and write
Reading

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“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Nowadays, many read from phones and jot down notes into the phone, too!

I do, do you?

📖 and📱

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And a bicycle built for two….

And a bicycle built for two….

Bicycle design at bus stop

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In a stop for bus

not a seat for weary butts

is it a bicycle built for two

nary pedals for my shoes

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artistic display

useful design conveyed

a creative weld

steel-work modelled

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Of clever architects and disaster resilience buildings

Of clever architects and disaster resilience buildings

Natural disasters bring ill-health, economic losses, and deaths. Can architectural innovations create disaster-resilience buildings that will adapt with less damage?

Are our buildings prepared for disasters?

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The contrasting human losses

seen in recent earthquakes

between countries

emphasises

disaster preparedness, and

clever architecture

in designing

disaster-resilience buildings.

will we see innovative designs for flood-resilient housing and buildings ….

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In countries

with frequent floods,

like the ones

by Yasmeen Lari, one of Pakistan’s most celebrated architects.

Haiku: Beginning 2024 with earthquakes and tsunami

Haiku: Beginning 2024 with earthquakes and tsunami

Natural disasters can cause numerous health morbidity and mortality, including physical, mental, and social dysfunctions!

(See following Haikus.)

Earthquake

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earth shook and rumbled

buildings collapsed and flattened

tsunami followed

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Tsunami

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devastated scenes

but here adepted calmly

with minimal deaths

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tis a place unmatched

in disaster-preparedness

buildings and people

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Preparedness:

But the major difference is resiliency. Earthquakes don’t kill — bad buildings do. Japan has made seismic safety a national priority, creating a seismic building code that is considered the most stringent in the world. 

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Great Thinker and a Funny Guy

From a forwarded email. Steven Wright – Scientist with a sense of humour:  If you’re not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he’s the famous Erudite scientist who once said: “I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates.”  His mind sees things differently than […]

Great Thinker and a Funny Guy