September 26, 2022 Shape-shifters anonymous Shape-shifting among politicians is normal, if sometimes breath-taking. Prime Minister Liz Truss, for instance, was clear and forthright against Brexit …
September 21, 2022 The conscious life I’d like to ponder consciousness for a moment. Most imagine themselves to be conscious. Perhaps you do. We talk about …
September 5, 2022 There is light There is light, still light at your centre, a strong quiet flame. It lights your soul entire, revealing your glory …
August 23, 2022 The day Vincent Van Gogh was praised When Vincent was in the mental asylum in St Remy, something amazing happened in Paris. Vincent was familiar with a …
August 22, 2022 Stillness Stillness. Mary Oliver, in her poem Today, calls it ‘one of the doors into the temple.’ It is a precious …
August 11, 2022 Reasons to be optimistic William Golding, who wrote ‘Lord of the Flies’ said he was ‘a universal pessimist but a cosmic optimist.’ He was …
August 9, 2022 A room of one’s own If the flute is clogged, no air, and therefore no music, can come through. And if we are clogged by …
July 26, 2022 My brilliant surrender An intruder with a gun breaks into a monastery. He sticks the gun in the belly of a monk who …
July 19, 2022 This picture of my life needs changing Do you have a picture of how your life should be? Does it hang on your wall and do you …
