Reflections on Haiti
A few months ago, after an entire day of time wasting, I was about to delete my Facebook account. Twitter had been binned already, and as I searched for the ‘delete account’ tab, the status of a female friend caught my attention: “Thinking of Haiti tonight and grateful for simple pleasures in beautiful Vancouver.” Haiti? Back in my days of playing with various shamanic... Read More
Space Monkey
Are you worried?
A couple of middle-aged ladies knocked on my door this week, and as I opened it they asked me, “Sir, are you worried about the trajectory that the world is taking?” And without waiting for a response from me, “Have you noticed how all of the things that man has created are beginning to crumble all around him?” “And why?” “The bible says…” At this point I stopped... Read More
Juggling Hand Grenades
I recently spent a week in Pembrokshire, West Wales, in a cottage that was accessed by a two-mile dirt track and had no electricity or phone service. The inhabitants consisted of myself, an assistant who was breaking a rather long and heavy dependency upon Marijuana use, and a very good friend who had been distant for many years (fifteen or so) and who had in that time developed... Read More
Saying it like it is
I rarely look up to people (I’m not being literal here, though I’m 6ft 4) in the way that i do with Jamie Oliver. It seems to me that below the laddish, cockney veneer lays a man who cares passionately enough about his subject to put his neck on the line and to say it like it is. I found his TED talk to be one of the most inspiring so far. Not because of any great speaking... Read More
Life is a dance or nothing at all.
Never fall in love with safety!
There’s snow excuse!
If you live here in the UK, you will know just how bad the weather has been for the last week. Snow, blizzards, icy roads, we’ve had it all, and as I write this, the weather-man is saying that the worse is yet to come. It’s just as well we don’t shoot the messengers any more! Read More Read More
Thankfully it’s all over!
Thankfully it’s all over! Christmas and New Year that is. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it. Like my friend Sophie says, “ what is there not to enjoy? You get to eat what you want, watch movies, drink unacceptable amounts of alcohol and share presents. All from the sofa!” Read More Read More
