Visiting Totnes in Devon

I made a visit to see my mother in Torquay, Devon and took the opportunity to revisit the town where I went to secondary school, Totnes. Here are a few photos I took of this unusual and attractive small town. There’s a plaque on the wall which states The Mansion Built in 1795 Bought in

We Are Very Special

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” – Stephen Hawking

Eltham Palace and Gardens

In August, I visited Eltham Palace and Gardens, an English Heritage site. Here’s some photos and a few explanatory remarks. The building is located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in the south-east of London and a 15 minute walk from a train station. Some parts of the Palace and Gardens are currently closed off

You May Both Be Wrong

“Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.” – Dandemis (philosopher of Ancient India)

Trip to Brazil with a Hasty End

The magnificent beach at Maracaipe (see below) In March this year I made a trip with my partner Clarice (who is Brazilian) to Brazil, partly to see her family and friends but also for a holiday. The aim was to spend most of the time in or near Recife in northeast Brazil and then finish

The Weight and Playing for Change

Very nice international (5 continents) version of “The Weight”, from the inspiring Playing for Change project. “Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. Our primary focus is to record and

Carving Out Personal Time

Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Edvard Munch, 1906 “Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.” – Nietzsche Quite a provocative quote and I’ve been mulling

The Sleep Business

I suffer from insomnia so am always interested to read the latest thinking on the subject plus (hopefully) some new ideas or approaches. It’s now become apparent, with the flood of articles, books and courses on the subject, that it is also now a booming business niche. It may be that all this attention is

Liberating Goals

“In the absence of clearly defined goals we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until we become enslaved by it.” – Robert Heinlein (science fiction writer)

The Journey and the Goal

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Henry David Thoreau