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• Final Post for the Year and Then Hibernation…

  

  Another trio of images to finish off the year and to mark a likely pause in service for some time till inspiration strikes anew. A view from the Appennines.A... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Long Nights, Bright Lights

  

  Photo collage from a trip to see the glamour of the city gearing up for the festive season….. window._stq = window._stq || []; window._stq. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Trio of Images to Capture Snow in October

  

  Something very short and sweet this time, reflecting the fact that work isn’t leaving much space around the edges, but I’m keen to share a recent ‘first time’... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Brazil Part 2 – Living the Dream

  

  After the reality check of part 1, now it’s time to indulge in the wondrous sights that a recent trip to Brazil offered up. Let’s go straight to some of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Brazil Part 1 – Driving Through Deforestation

  

  This post represents the first of a two part piece exploring experiences of a recent trip to Brazil. I’m going to cover the negative first before indulging in... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• La Vita è Bella!

  

  Well, the title is a bit of a give away but I’m hoping the image above remains mystifying. It was a photo taken during a recent trip to Europe. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Multisensory City

  

  How can I justify this title? Well, some few months ago, I visited the ASMR exhibition at the Design Museum and given that it was all about special sounds that... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parktastics

  

  This is just a reflection on how cramped and crowded the UK is compared to the US. It’s based on having made my first visit to one of the US National Parks –... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Playing with a New Toy

  

  Yes, of course, no prizes for guesses what the toy in question is – the free version of ChatGPT.I had already given it a whirl to get inspiration for work thing... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Visit to London: Admiring the Fake Old and the Newly Spruced up

  

  On one rare dry day in December last year, my daughter and I went on a small adventure in London to explore two different districts. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• IoS

  

  Intrigued by the above abbreviation? And no, I’m not talking about the Apple operating system. This ‘IoS’ appeared on a holiday I went on last year. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2023 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Insufficient Sustainability

  

  This post comes inspired from a trip to the US earlier this year in which we had the opportunity to interact with, albeit in a fairly limited way, the commercia... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Un Homage a La Malbouffe Americaine

  

  A picture essay is the only way to do justice to the culinary delights encountered in my first Big Trip post lockdown (to the Land of the Free). Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Economics of Choice

  

  It wouldn’t be unreasonable to say that in the UK, we are surrounded by an abundance of choice, and yet this choice is something we often feel somewhat... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Diversity in Dryness

  

  Deserts – what comes to mind? It’s all too easy just to think of endless sand, a burning hot sun above and not much else. Well, after a trip to the South Easter... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Good Economics for Hard Times

  

  Do people do what’s best for them? I don’t think anyone would really try to claim that, ‘Yes, that’s a consistent behaviour trait for most people’ as a... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Value of Obselete Objects

  

  I was reminded of a colleague’s very thought-provoking piece on obsolete objects when wandering round the Rijksmuseum on a recent trip to the Netherlands. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Museums at Long Last!

  

  I had the good fortune to be able to spend many hours savouring the delights museums have to offer on a recent trip to the Netherlands. Star of the show: the... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Adventures in Foreign Lands After Two Years in the Country

  

  Can you guess which foreign land it was? The pics include some very big clues!We also saw some other sights very representative of the country, its character,... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Playing the Waiting Game to Get the Gains

  

  No one would question that it’s the right thing to go for energy efficiency in the items we use or purchase. However, beyond the immediate satisfaction of... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2022 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION