Creativity, curiosity, and code
This is a silly thing. I think the BBC are quite good at reporting the news, but the other day I saw an piece on the telly that I thought was very poor and unfair. It was about how life expectancy is much higher in the south of England than in the north. My immediate […]
It’s been a week of ups and downs! At work I had a couple of days when all the things that annoy me came all at once. You know, badly run meetings, poor organisation and communication, demanding people who think that the world revolves around them, that kind of stuff. But the week has ended […]
Not many entries of late, that’s not to say that there’s not a stack of things I’d like to jot down and get out of my head. My drafts list is getting longer by the week. Other things are just more important right now so focus has shifted slightly. Not even learning songs, hardly playing […]
Sally and I are doing our best to be green. We’ve very aware of green issues and what the scientists say, but we also just think that it makes sense to do it. Using less energy is cheaper and uses less of the finite resources of the earth. It makes sense to reduce consumption, reuse […]
Churches are amazing organisations and, despite the fact that they should (in my opinion) be quite free of bureaucracy, they are organisations and they need structures involving lots of people in order to function. One of the structures that we have at our church is the Church Meeting. This happens every other month, and we […]
Still way behind on the blog (I have lots of back-dated posts to write up), but it’s just not a priority right now. I did want to quickly give an update on the garden, as this is something that IS taking up a lot of our time and IS a priority. We now have three […]
This is a bit of a multi-purpose Blog/Email/Journal type entry that will probably pop up in various places – apologies if you come across it twice. A while back I mentioned something that was going on that I couldn’t really mention. Well, now I can mention some more, though I will have to remain a […]
When we moved to our first rented place in Swindon, we gained a garden! Something we’d not had for years. So it was novel and fun…especially watching the wildlife. But there were downsides too….weeds!!! In that garden my enemy was Himalayan Balsam. A hollow, spineless plant. Not hugely ugly but lacking character. Shallow roots and […]
One of my favourite films is Pixar’s Toy Story…the first all-CGI feature-length movie, and a very cool buddy story. I’m assuming knowledge of the story here so please forgive me if you’ve not seen it (and GO see it!). I’m having a bit of a Toy Story moment. My old Raleigh bike (who I’ve taken […]
I’m a bit of a political animal. Not very much but a bit. I think politics is important and I think we should all be involved in the political process so I try to do my bit by taking an interest, writing to my MP about issues that concern me and…very importantly…voting! Today is local […]