Category Archives: collaboration

The Greenpeace 25 Mile Challenge – will you sponsor me, please?

I always enjoy killing two birds with one stone (not literally, naturally; after all, I am a Life Fellow of the RSPB). My GP admonished me some years ago to exercise more. So I began walking, exploring my neighbourhood – … Continue reading

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Waterfall ahead, row hard for the shore!

See if you can answer a few questions. No cheating! You can look up the answers after you’ve had a go. So, who is more important in the scheme of things: the Sultan or the Storyteller? the Inquisitor or the … Continue reading

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Grieving is something you do

One of my current projects is a book on grief. Here is the latest little section: Grieving is something you do It is all too easy to identify with our suffering. Before I learned mindfulness-based pain management, I dealt with … Continue reading

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Old MacDonald’s climate change

Old MacDonald had a farmEe i ee i oAnd on his farm he had a floodEe i ee i oWith some drowned cows hereAnd some drowned cows there.Here a bull, there a calf,Everywhere an oh no.Old MacDonald had a farmEe … Continue reading

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Nonviolent living

At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled. Marshall Rosenberg (1934–2015) This video by Marshall Rosenberg is less than 6 minutes long, but in that short time it packs a message that would change … Continue reading

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Captain Kirk wants us to NOT go beyond the Final Frontier

I really don’t have time for this – too much else to do – but there’s very little that can possibly be more urgent. William Shatner, AKA Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise, emailed me (well, OK, not personally, it … Continue reading

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#FOWC inextricable

We are all inextricably linked: to each other; to all the other beings sharing our journey through the universe on Spaceship Earth; to every living thing; to our planet’s entire biosphere – and, indeed, to all of space, and all … Continue reading

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Sunray Meadow (my response to the prompt)

Who, Ra? Perhaps it’s evening: Contemplating reflections Of the shadow of the day More tasks ticked off (Yet the list is longer) Time to rest. But then again: Perhaps it’s morning: The inherent promise Of a nascent dawn Beckoning excitement … Continue reading

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Good news: wa’ mIn has been reunited with his family!

I was going to simply add an addendum to last week’s wibblette to announce the good news… but then I realised that a better choice would be to make a separate post about it, as this would make it more … Continue reading

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Who is winning the war in Ukraine?

by Dr Bob Rich It is not Russia. It is not Ukraine. It is what Eisenhower called the military-industrial complex. In my childhood, my grandmother was the source of all wisdom. One of her sayings was “Every fight starts by … Continue reading

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