02 Jan

“Solvitur Ambulando” “It is solved by walking.” St Augustine

  This last month it’s been solved by unpacking, painting and decorating.       A rubix cube shift in my plans has delivered me to a neglected barn, my new…
27 Aug

A woman tells her doctor, ‘I’ve got a bad back.’ The doctor says, ‘It’s old age.’ The woman says, ‘I want a second opinion.’ The doctor says: ‘Okay – you’re ugly as well.’ Tommy Cooper

Boom boom! That’s not very nice is it? I’m feeling a tad more cuddlesome after my bank holiday visit to the glorious West Country eating the diet of a pregnant diary…
30 May

“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.” ― Noël Coward

The joy of walking! I can’t begin to tell you how much I love being reunited with my Nike Airmax’s. In Jaipur I spent my time either in a rickshaw…
30 Mar

“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.” ― Eckhart Tolle

Heading to a 10 day Vipassana silent meditation course I was told by a friend,’That’s so very Eat Pray Love of you’.  That being the case why hadn’t I fallen in love…
18 Mar

“It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it.” ― Steven Wright

Morning to you.. Can I say I felt yesterday’s Goa blog post was a bit of a cop out, having not done one for 3 months I barely scraped the…
17 Mar

“Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.” Oscar de la Renta

Hello! After the longest break to date between posts, I’m sitting in the departure lounge of Kathmandu airport finally bringing you my omnibus edition spanning nearly 3 months and not…
06 Nov

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats

He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night…
14 Oct

Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Sai Baba

My one month stay in Jaipur finished already. Where did it go? Progress arrives in fits and starts here. The first sign being the new electric lawn mower at the…
15 Sep

“I think it’s so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary–you’re happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe

Jesus, that was some kind of August. After spending a number of months feeling like Tarzan swinging through the jungle on his vines with wild abandon I hit the brick…
28 Jul

“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline – it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but in the very least you need a beer.” ― Frank Zappa

I do love a bit of Frank Zappa. I’d love to design my own country, get some roots,  and stop all this cavorting around for a while or at least…