What fears have you overcome and how?
Many many moons ago I visited Bhaktivedanta Manor, the Hare Krishna temple in Watford. On one wall was a black and white drawing of a person out in the natural world accompanied by various animals..creatures. At the heart of each inclusion in the picture was a small white light. I got it. I understood.
‘ Spiders – so needed and yet so misunderstood ‘~Donna Lynn Hope
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.
Walking my dog on the beach. Seeing him in his element brings great joy to my life.
Black Cherries
Late in May as the light lengthens
towards summer the young goldfinches
flutter down through the day for the first time
to find themselves among fallen petals
cradling their day’s colours in the day’s shadows
of the garden beside the old house
after a cold spring with no rain
not a sound comes from the empty village
as I stand eating the black cherries
from the loaded branches above me
saying to myself Remember this
W. S Merwin 1927~2019
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?
I’m lucky to have instinct and intuition playing my hand here. It just happens..bam!..unplugged!
Do you have any collections? I embrace minimalism
William Morris (1834-1896) designer, poet, craftsman, radical socialist, environmental activist. The first eco warrior of design, without a doubt!
He once said ‘ Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful ‘.
Another interesting take, said by Isabel Allende-1942- ‘ You spend the first part of your life collecting things and the second half getting rid of them’………A bit of a generalisation, but you get the drift.
Personally I’m not that comfortable being possessed by possessions.
Daily Prompt….Have you ever broken a bone?
Let’s be wildflowers, let our souls be scattered by the wind.
Let us grow wild and free, tall and brave, in the places that we dream, in the places where our longings are filled.
Let us grow through the cracks of brokenness, and we will make everything beautiful.
What sacrifices have you made in life?
I sometimes find the word ‘ sacrifice’ smacks of martyrdom in today’s world….and I’m not sure what to replace it with….forfeit? forego?
‘ Gave up’. Maybe that works a bit better? It’s still not perfect!
Once upon a time I had a well paid job overseas, a comfortable lifestyle and savings….and then I didn’t, because a Street Dog came into my life and changed everything. My Tony and the foster puppy Joe (who stayed forever) became my focus. My world.
It cost me everything, but I wouldn’t change a thing. That’s not totally true. I do not regret for one second bringing them back to the UK…but I wish I had done things differently.
In the end the young pup stayed by my side for 15 years, with unconditional love and a continuity in my life I knew neither before or since.
I loved those boys……and I miss them.
What is your career plan?
Hey WordPress, a bit late in the day to be asking about a career plan! And anyways, in the words of the Scottish poet Robert Burns ‘ The best laid plans of mice and men ….’
What was the last live performance you saw?
It certainly wasn’t the last live performance I saw and what was escapes me completely. But going to see Tom Petty and his band play at Wembley in London two nights in a row, March 1992 for the Great Wide Open Tour was simply the best thing ever. Exceptionally vivid and precious memories made there. RIP Tom 💜
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day?
I would like to join Dian Fossey, in the late sixties, as she began her intensive research into the lives and well being of gorillas, in Rwanda..
List the people you admire and look to for advice…
It’s what I’ve done pretty much from the off. Shame really, a mentor would have been wonderful
IN THE BOOMER PIGEON HOLE? 
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