My World, Your World, One World

I’m talking about things, useful things that have been invented by curious constructive endeavours. In particular at the moment, electronic communication devices, those things we use, and misuse, daily. I’m not adding abuse, to the use misuse, though it exists too, whether I mean someone in frustration throwing their device out the window, or someone … More Use and Misuse

We have been lucky with beautiful calm weather over the three days! Christmas Eve, Day, and Boxing Day. We are close to one of the most beautiful beaches in the world – I do not exaggerate. Long wide sweeping, on the Swilly side of Fanad in Donegal. It runs from Port Salon to under the … More Ballymastocker Beach

Just to record a walk taken yesterday, to Ballyheirnan beach in Fanad, Donegal. I had driven over from Holywood, my sister’s home near Belfast, borrowing her car while she is off to spend Christmas with her family. I am here to visit, a first time after many years. Forty fifty years ago when we were … More Greetings

If you read my blog, you will know already what the ups and downs have been. I cannot write a Christmas/ end of year letter. Briefly, big ups, February holiday in Seville, search the blog and be prepared for lots of photos of a wonderful city, so good for walking. April, visit to Edinburgh of … More An up-and-down year

I am glad to say that I am back in good enough shape for walking, and some of the afternoons recently are quite wonderful. The photos below are from last Friday, when I missed the bus I had intended to take and so walked some of Edinburgh that I don’t usually walk along. I intended … More Have yourself your kind of Christmas

We had been talking together about that wonderful book: Entangled Life, by Rupert Sheldrake. There is so much there, as well as information about mycelium – that’s the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus. And a hypha is one of the threadlike elements that form mycelium (according to the online … More Mycelium, Fungi, Autumn

That title is doubled up as I am writing just after storm Amy went through Ireland and UK. The photos below are from the aftermath of last night’s wind in Edinburgh. However, for me, September was a complete roller-coaster month, so ‘aftermath’ is because I seem just now to have found a place of calm … More Aftermath, early October

Well – it is August in Edinburgh. If you live here you know that means the Edinburgh international Festival, the Fringe and the Film Festival and the Book Festival. The latter my favourite. That’s all I am going to say about any of it – you can look online to see how many shows there … More Unexpected Walk – Cramond