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Again it was snowing when I landed in Paris. It had been thirty years almost to the day since I’d last visited the city, so I was looking forward to reminiscing on my journey from Orly to the Holiday Inn at Marne La Vallee. I have a good Scot’s tongue in my head so I [...]
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It was lightly snowing when I arrived in Den Haag, a day earlier than I should have, due to the lack of suitable flights ensuring I’d arrive on time. When I stepped out of my taxi at the hotel the first thing I noticed was the warmth of the flourescent pink light, glowing through the [...]
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Moving on; I’m not going to say it was easy, sometimes it was extremely difficult – two children relied upon me and I was responsible for their safety and well-being. Starting over after an abusive relationship is one of the most difficult tasks I’ve undertaken to date – and that includes walking 20 feet of [...]
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I’m often found in the middle of the night to be writing blogs, developing workshops or whiling away the hours on social media sites, but you’ll rarely hear me grumble – I love it! I’m a non-conformist in many ways but probably most especially in my sleeping patterns. It’s not that I don’t sleep, [...]
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Earth Ways begins the article ‘Why is the future permaculture?’ with a statement which could and maybe should scare the life out of us… “Humanity is on the verge of a major reorganization. I know this is just a mild way of expressing it. I don’t want to put you off reading further by [...]
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I could go on at length about society’s ills but in this post I’m going to overlook those and focus on rituals and ceremony – or rather, the lack of them. Every year for as long as I can remember I’ve taken part in at least one ceremony; these range from firewalking, sweatlodges and kriya [...]
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Growing as a person is great fun although most people probably see it a task or a chore. Or maybe that just comes down to personality types! Personal development simply means to develop the ‘self’ – the being which resides in you, screaming to be released. It’s self-improvement, from wherever you’re at. For some people, [...]
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The second half of the programme begins with Liz Bonnin telling us “the more challenges animals face, the more intelligent they become”. Studies of mountain chickadees from Nevada show that they’re more creative and better problem solvers than their counterparts from elsewhere in the US where the climate is better and food is less scarce, [...]
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While watching the first episode of Super Smart Animals on BBC’s iPlayer I was struck by the words of scientist and narrator Liz Bonnin – as she was referring to animals I was also applying her statements to humans. It made the programme all the more intriguing. She reveals scientific research which is on the [...]
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