Women with whips
It was an exciting race. Two horses fighting it out over the fences to the narrow margin of victory at the Cheltenham races yesterday. The two jockeys too – fought it out with even more determination and vigour. What got…
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On-line banking is fun
On-line banking is fun. It is what we are all told that we should do. It saves paper. It is easy. It saves time. It saves money. Well Bankers’ money…..do we want to save them money? I have an on-line…
Putting my feet up but not hanging up my boots like David Beckham
I am putting my feet up today. After the weekend of thinking about the consequences of my visit to the hospital on Friday, I have had to let a number of thoughts float freely round the majority of my brain…
Planting seeds of hope after seeing the neurologist
I had to look for reasons to be cheerful over the weekend after spending some time on Thursday at the Eye Hospital and on Friday with my neurologist. Luckily the Golden Croci have decided to steal centre stage in my…
Reinventing Beethoven’s Fifth
If you are ever misguided enough to think that Beethoven’s Fifth is too familiar and hackneyed a work to get you all excited any more then, I have some advice for you. I have been listening to the excellent Naxos…
British politics heats up
British politics is getting exciting again. Well, to tell the truth, I have always found politics exciting but I am a bit of a news nerd. Now, however, we should all enjoy the fun. The latest opinion polls show that…
The Sun comes over the Mound
Now that we are progressing through March, the Sun is getting higher and, looking out of my study window, I can see that it is now getting higher enough to send its restorative rays into my little courtyard garden that…
Tai Chi is a very hard soft style
As I told you yesterday, this week has been all about new beginnings and muddles getting sorted. The big thing yesterday was rationalising my martial arts regime with the help of my long-suffering Kung Fu instructor, Neil Johnson. As I…
I am trying to get my writing and my martial arts sorted
It was the start of a new week for all of us but for me I feel a tranche of new beginnings. The sun has begun to rise high enough above the mound at the back of my house to…
One step forward to two paces back
I have swallowed a few of those unpalatable things known as Home Truths today. A couple of weeks ago I was feeling really good in the fitness stakes – I had been going to the gym regularly on the new…