Category Archives: Personal

The rather serious young man in the picture is Jose Dessources. Shortly after our son, William, was born Susan & I decided to sponsor a child through Plan International. We were allocated this little boy who is now 17 the same age as our son. He lives in Haiti and looking back at the correspondenceContinue reading “Some good news from Haiti”

I have mentioned Roz Savage in this place before I even made her last book Rowing The Atlantic my weekend read. Quick update – Roz turned her back on a “conventional” life as a management consultant and is now described as an ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental speaker. She is currently closeted somewhereContinue reading “Vote for Roz!!”

Typically English the writer can’t tell metric from imperial!

I read this week that “The UK government is poised to start measuring people’s psychological and environmental wellbeing” (all papers & the BBC website). At the risk of doing two Meldrews out of three can I suggest that people would feel less irritated in their day-to-day lives and therefore more likely to feel happy withContinue reading “Why do people get angry?”

The older I get the more I realise the sheer futility of most armed conflicts, the Remembrance Day parade has always moved me but partly by its use of music & theatre. Lately what has struck me is the enormity of the loss of just one human being through politician engineered warfare; the phrase “LionsContinue reading “Moving Stuff & more”

I don’t produce lists of “funny” things because what tickles me may not so the same for anyone else, in addition there’s far too many “LOL” bits of chaff on the internet. But here’s an exception, from Philip Humbert’s most recent ezine it ticks the boxes for inclusion. You can  subscribe at http://www.philiphumbert.com the fullContinue reading “Some of Life’s BEST Lessons”

I would like to thank my friend Richard Charon for bringing this short film premiere to my attention. Having just re-read Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl I felt a remarkable synchronicity. I say no more.

Sometimes this blog gets personal, no apologies. It has been an emotional day, hopefully this will serve as a reminder of the passing of a lovely man. If I had heard John Rutter’s hymn”For the Beauty of the Earth” before I was not aware of it. I will always associate it with Llandaff Cathedral andContinue reading “Moved by the events of the day.”