The Woodland Trust has a wonderful webcam at Lock Arkaig focussed on an osprey nest where the parents successfully hatched three eggs. When I returned from my ride this morning, thinking of birds, I remembered to look, and was thrilled to see dad [? or mum?] return with a fish so all three chicks and … More Family time – for the birds
I belong to the Grassmarket Community Project, a gem of a place in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, also a gem of a project. I didn’t join for the architecture, but for the attitude of a community where everyone, anyone, can feel positive about themselves, valued and connected to others. I started my membership … More I would have never…
For some weeks I have been wading through reading a book: Alex. S. Vitale, The End of Policing and suddenly it is heartbreakingly relevant. The book blurb says: The problem is policing itself. Is that the problem? or Is it that policing has to change? [I remember when the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the police force … More A Thin Blue Line
What have buttercups and daisies to do with Rage? Well for a start, they are all together in the same space, my space, the rage from conversations that go nowhere fast, as well as visible on the TV screens, and in me reacting. The buttercups and daisies are exploding along the old railway path I … More Buttercups, Daisies and Rage
My World, Your World, One World 