I want to go somewhere where I can see a billion stars in the sky at night. I was taking the trash out in the wee hours of the morning and noticed the stars. We don’t get to see them often in the UK because it always seems to be cloudy or partly cloudy (slight …
When you were younger did you ever have the feeling that you were headed for great things once you finished high school and headed off to university or into the world? Or did you feel like everyone else, but you, was headed for something great? And let me ask you this: at what point did …
So Toni Morrison has passed on to the afterlife, wherever or whatever that is. Obama dropped a nice tribute tweet to her in a more eloquent way than I could do. Obama, ever the great orator. Many were singing his praises as he stepped up and gave a presidential condolence to the people of El …
It’s amazing how much of life is routine. I guess it has to be, otherwise we’d have chaos and chaos doesn’t make for good productivity and effeciency. Robert Spencer calls these routines power sinks as expressed by our habits – habits of being, habits of thinking, habits of doing, habits of feeling and habits of …
I felt a bit scrappy this morning along with an incredible urge to walk around naked. There must have been something in my coffee to trigger a primal reaction. Having watched Hamilton over the weekend, I now have the soundtrack on repeat in Spotify. Particularly the lead track Alexander Hamilton, also My Shot, Ten Duel …
A young lady of 15 has written a letter to the local paper. She is lamenting about the rampant sexism in her school. She says she often hears “lads saying how amazing a girl’s behind is or her breasts.” She is quick to add that she is being polite in her description of the boys’ …
Re-engaging with the news and reading current affairs has reawakened a part of me that has lain dormant for many years now, probably since I left the army 12 years ago. I think back then, I felt it was my duty as an officer to be keenly aware of world events. So I religiously devoured …
I’m in transition phase, which means I’m between projects. I spent the doing some light research for my next project(s). My morning reflection time yielding a long list of to-do’s, but I ended up blowing most of those off for a trip to Borders. I wanted to get a feel for what other writers are …
I feel the need for motion. The past seven months I have been fully engaged with work behind the walls of the corporate castle, and now I feel the need to spend time roaming urban landscapes, wilderness, countryside, and mountains. I want to re-engage with the world beyond the walls. And those walls include the …
I drew an interesting mandala this morning. Click on the imagine to get a bigger view. By all means share your thoughts as to its possible meanings.