We often focus on the now, and so we should endeavour, but I’m also fascinated by the afterglow. We hold in our hearts those embers of memory, people and place, sense and sensation and times lost awash in an ocean of experience to rest on…
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My dog Woofer is almost 14. When I first held him at a puppy, he fit into my cupped together hands. I held him this way against my chest at just a few months old. Now he occupies most of my lap and all of…
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There is popcorn available at an extortionate price in the lobby. Please turn off your phones before the start! Unless you are reading this with your phone, so in that case please leave it on. If you feel something sticky under your seat or on…
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The Answer is always yes? ““Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails.…
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I am going to tell you a shaggy dog story. Have you heard this expression? It’s an English idiom meaning “a long story that is intended to be amusing and that has an intentionally silly or meaningless ending.” Well, this is ( probably… hopefully? ) not one…
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A dream of spring & baked goods from Arome Bakery. Autumn and her frostier sister, winter, are seasons I very much enjoy. I like the cool cosy days of subtle colours and soft eggshell shadows. I like the stormy days when the rain tip taps…
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Time Travel, Pirates, Gladiators, and Spanish food. OH MY! “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” – Inigo Montoya ( The Spaniard ) from The Princess Bride, one of my favourite movies! Welcome once again to Travels with my…
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The perfect moment doesn’t exist Remember, there is no perfect time for anything. There is only now. – Jack Canfield I woke to bruised dark clouds, wild winds, and stormy skies full of the promise of rain. Coffee eased me from my sleep. I drank…
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A London Chinese New Year Chinatown Parade. “China is in the heart, Jack.” Egg Shen, Big Trouble in Little China A a little bit of China comes to London one cold grey Sunday. Drab and dreary winter London is brightened by rippling flags, flame reds…
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