An apology
To the many fans of the site/blog I offer an apology. To those of you who have been asking why there are no images accompanying the latest posts here is the answer, it’s easier than replying to you individually. The techno-gods wont let me upload images at the moment and I don’t know why. Images [...]
The Muse
Being in the zone or chasing the muse is the thing that any creative person seeks. There are different states in life, there is the ordinary state and there is the extraordinary state. Then there are the directions, upwards or downwards. A human being is like a spider at the centre of its own web [...]
Developing happiness
All that matters is development. Growth, advancement, evolution, making progress are the only real issues in life. There are families, love, partners, children, all of the rest of us, but… without an ongoing refinement of the appreciation of these things they may as well not exist at all. Your personal growth needs a forum to [...]
More Anchors of Sanity
Just when you thought it was impossible, it becomes possible. When you had no time, you made the time, when you faced down the total vastness of a problem you saw the chink in the armour and thus were able to make your move. It is these things that enable us all to go on, [...]
The Africa Paradigm
Thank you for the generous comments you’ve sent. They are much appreciated and I hope the blog is becoming a point of reference. Time is pretty constrained right now so I’m going to post exerpts and essays that may come up in a different font and with the paragraph breaks missing, I don’t know why [...]
Egypt
Just returned from a trip to Egypt. It’s a place I’ve always loved for its history, I don’t believe that any person can look at the record of Ancient Egypt without awe and humility. As ever, my life is truly blessed, I saw and experienced things there that left me humbled and grateful for the [...]