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Torque
Like many, I think I have a book “in me” – I started to write down an idea which filtered into my head many years ago, but believed, then, the story demanded a little more credibility to “work”. It is … Continue reading
Rock On
A long time ago I met David Essex at a house he was renovating in Marylebone – I liked him. Now I say “Rock-On” as I can start getting my own act together after having just spent nearly a week … Continue reading
Had We but World Enough
I started this blog with part of the first line from Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. Are the first two lines – and they are driving … Continue reading
Knowledge is Power
I have been chatting in this personal blog about some recent discoveries about my health. If you are reading this then you probably know me, I don’t advertise or promote this blog but writing in it helps me to sort … Continue reading
Newsletter December 23 2011
Clouds are gathering When I first saw images from space from the Apollo missions, I was fascinated by the beauty of the Earth’s surface. I had assumed that it would look like a terrestrial globe, the sort of thing you … Continue reading
Scream Softly at the Clouds
When I was five I spent a few days in Hospital, I was in a small private room and it was the first time I had ever been alone, away from home. I was very unhappy and homesick, but one … Continue reading
The Wonderful Wizard of Oc
Granny Weatherwax is an expert on “headology” – I could do with someone like her here in Languedoc, but as I don’t live on Discworld I went to see the nearest thing in Beziers. A scan on a space-age RMI … Continue reading
Villa Roquette Newsletter 20 September 2011
I have had a busy week – chatting to the British Prime Minister, developing websites in Manderin Chinese and finding the correct plumbing fittings in Bricoman (well, to tell the truth, actually they were not the correct plumbing fittings and … Continue reading
Bring Me Sunshine
Bring me Sunshine, in your smile, Bring me Laughter, all the while, In this world where we live, there should be more happiness, So much joy you can give, to each brand new bright tomorrow, Make me happy, through the … Continue reading