Friday 3.30am, a long drive after a late flight, time to go to bed. After a full working day. Saturday 3.30am, alarm goes, time to get up. For the past four years Susan & I have joined hundreds of others setting off from Skibbereen GAA ground to walk 5Km from Darkness into Light in aid ofContinue reading “Darkness on the Edge of Town”
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A Builder’s Lesson
How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by thread the strands we twist Till they bind us, neck and wrist. Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine, ere free we stand. As we builded, stone by stone,Continue reading “A Builder’s Lesson”
The Monday Morning Quote #530
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” Bill Nye (Science Communicator)
The removal of options in young people’s lives.
Actor Jason Isaacs (of “Hi to Jason” fame) was interviewed in the FT “Inventory” column last weekend. Here is one of the questions, his answer and comment.
The Monday Morning Quote #525
We’ve all seen talented young players who get to a certain level but there comes a time when talent will only take you so far. The great players go away and work on extra things. They work harder on their skills. They start having early nights and they think about their diet and training. ThatContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #525”
Becoming – watch this film.
From zygote to tadpole in 6 minutes. Watch this time-lapse film on full screen. It’s amazing. Not business. Not music. Not blowing my own trumpet.
Tea Pillow?
The renaming of what most of us would call a tea bag into a “Hand-Stitched Tea Pillow” smacks of a very long lunch in the marketing department. Nice tea though.
The Binge Listen #1 – Don’t Tell Me The Score
I came across the “Don’t Tell Me The Score” podcast a week or so ago and have listened to the eleven episodes whilst wrestling with wood over the past couple of days – one great advantage of the ear protectors that I employ whilst using the chain-saw is that they both isolate me and keepContinue reading “The Binge Listen #1 – Don’t Tell Me The Score”
Jim Lovell’s Perspective
Sometimes we (well me definitely) get up ourselves and think that the world, or even the universe revolves around us. At those times I try to remember the words of astronaut Jim Lovell who 50 years and a 12 days ago was privileged to see our world as it “rose”. The photograph “Earthrise”, taken byContinue reading “Jim Lovell’s Perspective”
Jan 1st 2019 – the “bracing dip”
9.30am Castlehaven Parkrun at Rineen. After nearly nine months nursing an Achilles Tendinopathy (everybody told me it would be a slow recovery – and they were right) I started running again recently. It’s good to meet up with locals & visitors; runners & walkers to enjoy the woods and the hills that make this runContinue reading “Jan 1st 2019 – the “bracing dip””
The Incisal Edge 