Thomas Paine Born 1737 Thetford, Norfolk, England, Great Britain Died 1809 New York, United States of America. On Sunday, American Independence Day, here in Lewes England, I am proud to say that my home town is unveiling a statue to…
When the sun rises above the mound at the back of my house it feels like it is coming from the “other side.” It floods into my garden setting it alight and transforming it into a pagan paradise. Brack Mound…
It is not as if I really understand football. Well, I played it at school and did, believe it or not, score the odd goal or two but I was never that bothered even if it had been planted deep…
It is the May Day bank holiday here in Britain and I was wondering what photograph to put up in recognition of the occasion. I didn’t have to look very far because, as usual, the always inventive owner of the…
I just ran up three flights of stairs and my heart rate is 85 beats per minute. Can’t wait for that cup of black coffee but I am wondering what it will do to my heart. Should I be worrying…
It is overcast this morning but warm and there is a sense of rampant fertility in the air as the English Spring comes to its climax here in Lewes in Sussex. I have a new addition to my garden, the…
I planted my small ornamental cherry tree just before I was taken ill with a brain haemorrhage in October 2008. Hospital, a near death experience and quite a lot of pain meant Winter 2008 had its down side but, when…
On Friday evening, an illustrious Chinaman came to visit my kung fu club, White Crane Fighting Arts ( www.whitecranefightingarts.com/ -) in Lewes in Sussex in the United Kingdom. Master Chen ShiXing is a Wudang master from the Wudang Mountains in…
Here are some photographs that I have taken around my home town, Lewes, over the last two or three years. Lewes, in the United Kingdom, is the country town of East Sussex in South East England and has a rich…
I live in Lewes in East Sussex in the South of England and I have been building a new garden in the small space at the back of my Georgian terraced house. Here are some images through the last couple…