Washing Up – the pain and the pleasure.
I hate washing up! Well, I thought I did. The dishwasher died at the weekend and I have spent longer here at the kitchen sink that I thought I would ever enjoy. So it was back to the marigold gloves…
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Here we go again: political hot air, useless diplomacy and talk of war. This time it’s the Falklands – they’ve discovered oil.
So here we go again – the British Prime Minister makes an impassioned speech from what can look from certain angles as the moral high ground. He will defend the little islands known as the Falklands or the Malvinos and…
The Costa Concordia reminds us that the sea is not a harmless playground.
‘I wouldn’t like to be in the role of the captain of the Titanic, having to sail in an ocean of icebergs’ said Captain Francesco Schettino who has been arrested after his huge cruise liner, the Costa Concordia came to…
Chicago Dodgers Sneakers – my 1970’s shoes appreciated at last.
These old shoes have made a couple of previous appearances on these pages but today they have a starring role. I just happened to be wearing my old Chicago Dodgers sneakers in the photograph above when I decided to put…
Foxes! Their first album is released today.
Today my friends Foxes! release their first album – I am much too involved for you to take my word for it but the album is wonderful….if you don’t believe me this is what some unbiased opinions have said. Read…
Frost lands on surprizing places in my Lewes garden
At last, just as we reach mid-January, a taste of winter in my Lewes garden here in Southern England. My roses, still merrily blooming, had the beautiful indignity of a glittering coating of frost this morning – the first frost…
I’m tired today – do you know this feeling?
We all have days like this – well I do – when nothing really wakes you up. The coffee was great, thanks, but it didn’t do the trick, neither did that sleep last night. The sun is shining here and…
Tomasz Gudzowaty’s Shaolin Monks – poetry in motion.
Tomasz Gudzowaty’s photographs of Shaolin monks bring together two of my passions – the awe-inspiring skills of kungfu and the inspirational nature of art photography. These pictures are from his book Shaolin Temple and they are without question magnificent visual…
New York New York – always there in black and white.
Call me old-fashioned but I love New York – I’m not sure why I am saying this today but, hey, I’ve said it now. I woke up this morning thinking of the music of George Gershwin and the famous and…
The Wolf returns to Kungfu again.
After a couple of months of inactivity I am back in my small Lewes courtyard garden doing my martial arts practice and it feels great. It would feel even greater if I was any good at it after all these…