February 2008
February 23, 2008
sharing it No.1
To fuel your addiction to surfing, I thought I’d create a category to share sites that I find interesting and seem worthy of a visit. Like a lot of webheads, I spend probably more time than I should surfing the Net.  When it comes to surfing, I’m like a sentinel in the Matrix on a…
February 23, 2008
February 21, 2008
many are called but only few can hack it
In the twitterverse we are all little messiahs trying to convert the army of the masses into followers. Compared to twitter gods and goddesses like emilychange (2,358 followers) and calilewis (4,435 followers) and waynesutton (1,282 followers), I am an insignificant messiah with only 21 followers. I’ve got to do something about increasing the numbers in…
February 21, 2008
lunar eclipse
I staggered out of bed at 3 a.m. to catch a glimpse of the lunar eclipse. Instead all I saw was clouds, so I staggered back to bed. I won’t get a chance to see another total lunar eclipse now until December 2010.
February 20, 2008
sleeping beauty (ok maybe beauty is pushing it)
I’ve spent the last 3 nights in The Selfridge. Hotel rooms make me incredibly sleepy. Like a bear, I go into hibernation the moment I crawl underneath the sheets of a strange bed. I just want to sleep and sleep and sleep. Unlike at home where I sleep on average only 5 hours a night…
February 17, 2008
February 17, 2008
mountain days
I spent some time in the Brecon Beacons yesterday with some friends. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect mountain day. The sun shone bright against a blue sky offering us some warmth out of the shadows. We walked a trail that is less frequented by the casual weekend hiker, which meant we basically…
February 12, 2008
what if i suddenly woke up in the middle of a forrest
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February 11, 2008
i guess resistance is futile
I overheard two women chatting in a restaurant at lunch today. I know it’s not polite to eavesdrop, but I can blame it on being a writer and my interest in people and dialogue. Anyway, I pretty much ignored the two of them until I heard one of them say she had been to see…
February 8, 2008
you are not who you think you are
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? – Morpheus, The Matrix How do you know that what you are experiencing moment to moment is…
February 3, 2008
sitting in my chair on a sunday morning contemplating the vagaries of life
One day you’re going to wake up and you’ll be dead. All life is folly. Your time here is transient. From the moment you are conceived, the big countdown to the end starts ticking and you haven’t even tasted your first breath. Life moves towards death. It seems almost ludicrous to get attached to anything,…
February 2, 2008
a saturday with no plan
Saturday morning, I can see a little blue sky peeking through the drawn curtains of my front room. The blue conjures a feeling of mountains and open spaces and I suddenly long to be outside. I realise that I haven’t planned anything for the weekend apart from attending my daughter’s play on Sunday. Usually if…