Author Archives: Bill Hayes

About Bill Hayes

I have a very large sea shell collection; it's too big to keep at home, so I have left the collection scattered on various beaches around the world. Perhaps you've seen some it.

Newton In The Driving Seat

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Bill Hayes

Ask anyone why the Dinosaurs died out, and they will tell you it was because of an Asteroid hitting the Earth. About 65 million years ago a 10 mile-wide Asteroid cashed into the Yucatan, Mexico with the force of 100 … Continue reading →

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Turning a Blind Eye to History

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Bill Hayes

The Battle of Trafalgar, fought in 1805, when the British Navy defeated the French Fleet in the service of the Emperor Napoleon, may not quite be over. The victory was delivered by Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson who commanded the British … Continue reading →

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Do the Dead Know What Time it is?

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Bill Hayes

I always used to find the idea of re-incarnation attractive.   We slip away into the unknown but are relatively quickly re-housed in a new born.  Without our memories of course.  Although there are supposed to be methods of accessing those … Continue reading →

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Wolfie Cohen – Death of the Deli

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Bill Hayes

“As I see it, there are two kinds of people in this world; People who love delis, and people you shouldn’t associate with.”   – Damon Runyon You cannot talk about Miami Beach without mentioning, perhaps the most famous Miami Jew … Continue reading →

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Wandering is a part of the American Spirit

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Bill Hayes

As you go about your day on Miami South Beach, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone comes to Miami, but nobody is actually from Miami. Of course, that is how the City and the Beaches began.  South Florida, … Continue reading →

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End of the voyage

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Bill Hayes

Standing at South Point Park, the southernmost point of Miami South Beach, at the mouth of the Miami River, Polish Jewish immigrate Marvin Joseph is taking his daily walk.  He was one of the lucky ones who escaped Europe for … Continue reading →

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Miami Beach: where neon goes to die

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Bill Hayes

“It’s full up, no rooms. Nothing” the old Jewish woman sitting out on the porch said as I pushed at the stiff front door of the decaying Art deco hotel on Ocean Drive.  Stepping out of the Sun’s glaring heat … Continue reading →

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All Ignorance

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Bill Hayes

The Chinese invented Gun Power, printing, the umbrella, the wheel barrow and fireworks; the precursor to the rocket.  They did all this in the 2nd Century BC.   It took millennia for all this to manifest itself as Space Travel. In the … Continue reading →

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“Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red”

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Bill Hayes

On November 11th I was travelling on the Great Western Railway to London. Everywhere on Plymouth station there were notices advising that it being “Armistice Day”, there will be a national 2-minute silence to be observed for the fallen in … Continue reading →

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The Future without a License.

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Bill Hayes

It has been a long journey from the Stone Age till now;  through the  Iron age to Bronze and Steel and Steam and Electricity and we have most certainly arrived at the Information Age. It’s who we are now.  It’s … Continue reading →

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