A Salesman called at my door the other day, selling me something called “Self-Esteem” in a jar. Should I buy it or not? He told me that everybody needed Self-Esteem and that I should try it. He claimed he knew many people who had it and they were all happy, successful people. I still wasn’t…… Continue reading If a Salesman Calls, Selling Self-Esteem, Should You Buy it or Not?
The Muddy Woodland Path
Early Morning Empty Coffee Shop
It’s Okay to Live Without Goals
What I want to do is to tell you that it is okay to live your life without goals. You will see, you will hear, you will read many people telling you that you need to have goals. I want to turn round to those people and say ‘nonsense’. You are not an inferior person…… Continue reading It’s Okay to Live Without Goals
Photo Challenge Week 2: Signs
Sometimes there are simply too many signs! Signs are meant to clarify and to inform but when placed too close together, they can sometimes serve only to visually confuse.
What Type of Listener Are You?
Photo by Daniel Octavian on Unsplash I’d like to ask you to read the following piece of text; then I’ll ask you a few questions on it. The old tree stood alone on the top of the hill. Its dying leaves rustled in a wailing wind. Below its branches, the woodsman stood bent over while…… Continue reading What Type of Listener Are You?
Hello world!
Here we are again. Having had the site corrupted and crashed by a faulty update to a plugin, I am having to rebuild the site from scratch once more. Please bear with me while I put together some of the old and lots of new features.
If You are Setting Goals this Year, You’re Doing it Wrong.
The New Year has just begun and article after article are sprouting up urging you to set your goals for the coming year. Sometimes they are disguised as ‘resolutions’, other times as ‘plans’ or ‘visions’ but in reality, they are all just goals. Photo by Asdrubal luna on Unsplash So you sit down and…… Continue reading If You are Setting Goals this Year, You’re Doing it Wrong.
A Spot of Gardening
This morning I ventured out into the garden for the first time this year. With a gammy knee still playing me up, there was not a lot I could do in the way of gardening. All I could do was rake up dead leaves, hoe some weeds and tidy up a couple of taller planters.…… Continue reading A Spot of Gardening
What I’ve Been Reading: Jon McGregor, Reservoir 13
links in this page are associate links on Amazon. I have just finished reading Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor. I had previously read a couple of other novels by the author, which I had enjoyed. So I was eager to give this novel a try, especially as it had won awards and…… Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading: Jon McGregor, Reservoir 13
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