To the infinity pool and beyond
Early morning swim
Early morning swim
Q. Have you ever wondered just how a 1.5Kg mammal with 1.5m wingspan flies?
A. Very gracefully
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.
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.
Other posts in this category are older and talk about India and long sea voyages;
Sri Lanka is a more recent destination.
“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.”
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.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans
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;)
Christ’s resurrection to life eternal is for many, a leap of faith too far, most notably the Jews with their harsh but straightforward Old Testament God.