Life
Smoking & Drinking
Have you noticed how hard the anti-smoking campaigns are pushing recently? I’m not complaining (much), I still smoke and know I need to quit, but… I have lost five personal friends or relatives – that’s people I actually knew, not people I heard about – to alcohol. I know nobody that’s died from smoking. In [...]
A star extinguished
The world is a sadder place without you, Sue. Rest in peace. My thoughts and prayers are with your friends and family.
We’ll miss you, Brutus.
Passed away 6th June 2008. Brutus joined the family a few years back as a middle-aged ferret. He promptly took charge of the household and sorted out the uppity cats, who (until that point) thought it was fun to bully ferrets. They soon learned. In fact I still remember giggling at the four cats lined [...]
Desiderata
Another one I’ve always liked… Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
One starfish at a time…
I came across this tale a while ago, and it has stayed with me: There once was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore, as he [...]
