Tooling up and heading out
As a child I always loved the part in western movies where the gunslinger goes into the gun shop to chose his weapon – gotta get the kit right.
Up, down, top, bottom, strange, charm
As her unconscious mind returned to the shadows, her attention came to the light, and her legs swung over the side of the bed where her feet found the slippers that waited on the perfectly smooth floor.
Experimental vlogging
Other posts in this category are older and talk about India and long sea voyages;
Sri Lanka is a more recent destination.
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
“I know humankind has wondered if it is alone for millenia, but isn’t it the greatest mystery? If we cannot answer why intelligent life is silent or non-existent, we cannot silence the superstition and anthropocentric view that has hampered progress for so very long.”
The long road to Damascus
If we take the first homo sapiens as living in Morocco around 315,000 years ago, and define a generation as spanning 25 years, then our ancestors have been born, spawned and died about 12,600 times.
That’s a lot of lives culminating in us and a humbling and slightly vertiginous thought.
Rain, adventure and disparate references
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans
Convalescence and rehabilitation
I’ve missed the opportunity to break a ride with a pint and a bag of crisps, the chance of finding a sticky carpet and indifferent landlord (never was an expensive date;)
The Magic of Easter – crosses, eggs, and turtles all the way down
Christ’s resurrection to life eternal is a leap of faith too far for many, most notably the Jews with their harsh but straightforward Old Testament.
So – what to expect next?
This plague has been like a mini extinction event, a dark line drawn in the layers of history.
But that’s not to say there haven’t been some good bits.
Vaccination time – To be, or not to be, that is the question:
What a strange twelve months it’s been. After a year of Covid I’ve just been notified of my vaccination appointment. Thankfully I don’t know anyone who’s had their ventilator switched off, only to die shortly afterwards under heavy sedation, isolated from loved ones. But many do.
Something about boys 