Every morning the Sun jumps up to light us and to delight us.   And when the night falls the Moon moves us to reflect our daily oceans.   In […]

The first thing I think about in the morning is how I can hunt down the progeny of the bastard who invented alarm clocks. Then I listen to the birds. […]

We walk along the road and so many things grab at our arms demanding our attention. Or we zombie the ambience with earphones.  Art galleries, sightseeing sites, concerts, restaurants, must-sees, […]

There are many famous football teams but when the fans of a team are equally famous you know there is something special happening. Such is the case with the  fans […]

I believe that ‘scripture’ (which is a posh word for ‘writing’) can be dangerous. It can be dangerous because (a) it is written by humans and (b) it is interpreted […]

  180,000 people in a field at night. The smell of woodsmoke from the bonfires around the periphery. A television camera picks out a raised arm with a burning torch […]

As someone who comes from a monotheist tradition, I do find myself a little envious of religions which have a spectrum of Gods.  It just seems like more fun. Of […]

When someone you love dies, you are in the presence of a universal inevitability. Only some of the tears are for the one who has passed. The others are because […]