Quote of the day: “We swim against the tide,” says Brook, “and achieve whatever we can in our chosen field. Fate dictated that mine was that of theatre and, within that, I have a responsibility to be as positive and creative as I can. To give way to despair is the ultimate cop-out.” Director PeterContinue reading “Tuesday 5th July 2022 “Swim against the tide…””
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The Monday Morning Quote #701
“A rule of thumb: if you don’t care about something, don’t *wang on about not caring about it. Wang on about all the things you do care about instead. Here’s another: if you see people getting enthusiastic and happy about something, then, as long as it’s not positively harmful, don’t tell them it’s s**t. TheContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #701”
The Monday Morning Quote #700
700 of these MMQs, something of a milestone, I shall be changing a few things around over the next month or so, hopefully writing and sharing more here, possibly even doing some renaming, time will tell and, of course, so will truth. I’m repeating some words by Ira Glass that my son shared with meContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #700”
The Monday Morning Quote #694
“Conscience is a man’s compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities when directing one’s course by it, one must still try to follow its direction.“ Vincent van Gogh
Spare a prayer to St Olga
On this day I would usually wish you Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus or Happy Saint David’s Day; but spare a prayer for St Olga of Kiev. (Kyiv) She is the patron saint of widows and converts, sadly there will be many of the former in her land. Like everyone I am watching with horror theContinue reading “Spare a prayer to St Olga”
The Monday Morning Quote #682
“At some point you’d have to live as if the truth was true.” Tamara Lindeman aka The Weather Station in “Loss”, a track from the album “Ignorance”
The Monday Morning Quote #671
“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own,’ or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life…” C.S.Lewis
Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot
When you think you’re significant take a few minutes to watch & listen… “Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”
The Monday Morning Quote #670
“The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn’t get written because someone knocked on the door.” Martin Luther King Jr
Climate & Cars
A couple of links on climate change and the rise of electric cars. The solutions are never straightforward. From the always readable and challenging “Imagine (the planet with climate action)”, the weekly journal from The Conversation comes a few questions: Will we get to net zero by 2050? How does global carbon removal work? CanContinue reading “Climate & Cars”
The Incisal Edge 