The great British freeze continues and us Brits can’t get enough of it – talking about it I mean. We have had such a good time with our favourite topic of conversation, the weather and there has been a lot…
Forgive me all you readers lying out there in the sun or now in your second month of deep snow but here in Lewes in the South of the UK, we are not that used to real snow at Christmas…
This morning I have been down to my local gym. It is in a local hotel, just round the corner from my house and well equipped with that efficient and friendly atmosphere that hoteliers try to inspire… it is high…
I had my weekly kung fu lesson yesterday and we talked about that note from the neurologist which said that I can know get back to aerobic training after this year since my brain haemorrhage where I have not been…
I now have the go ahead from my neurologist to start aerobic training again after over a year of recovery from my brain haemorrhage. In that time I have been practising my kung fu patterns and my 66 move taichi…
Pulling my bedroom curtains this morning I felt a warm cozy glow at the sight of those frosty rooftops and the rose-hued morning sky. It is winter, the view told me, and everything is in order. Looking out of my…
I was asked to write a Haiga today. A what? I asked. It is a Haiku incorporated into its own illustration. As it is a Japanese art form and as the Japanese are highly skilled in calligraphy and the most…
I am an enthusiast for Chinese culture. I admire the many subtleties of thought in Chinese medicine and philosophy and I am doing my best to learn that most inspirational of Chinese martial arts, White Crane Kung Fu. I am…
My bathroom rebuild that has taken on the proportions of one of those epic constructions in World history like the Pyramids, Stone Henge or even the last time I got involved in a bathroom rebuild. My house is not my…
It is a fine sunny day today. Sunshine is doubly welcome as we head towards the shortest day so I looked out of my window for a shot of visual pleasure from my small courtyard garden forgetting that this week…