We resisted buying an iPad until about a month ago – I needed to see how our website Notes in Spanish looked on one after a big redesign. And we have listeners who download our Spanish products onto iPads, and it was a bit embarrassing to admit that as a podcasting multimedia company we couldn’tContinue reading “A Kind of Paradise”
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Did I draw more?
In January I proposed a series of changes for myself this year, which I would like to revisit this week, to see if any progress has been made. The first was to draw more. Well, I think I succeeded. I didn’t draw a lot, but I definitely drew more. I got very into doing portraitContinue reading “Did I draw more?”
The Farmer’s Peace and Lorca’s Drawings
I’m sure you know the wonderful Zen Story of the Chinese Farmer, here told by Alan Watts: “Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.”Continue reading “The Farmer’s Peace and Lorca’s Drawings”
Change 4: The Body and the Bird Feeder
A few days ago I had a nice conversation with one of my sisters about the bird feeders in her garden, how her family love watching all the local bird life gathering there to eat. ‘I want to buy some bird feeders!’ I thought, so I jumped onto Amazon and entered ‘bird feeder’. Hundreds ofContinue reading “Change 4: The Body and the Bird Feeder”
Change 1: Draw
There are a series of nice changes I am making in my life. I’d like to write about them, and see how they stick. The first, is to draw more again. My grandmother was an artist, and my mother worked for a while in a shop selling antiquarian books and art, which meant that weContinue reading “Change 1: Draw”
The Joy of Rain
Reasons why rain is wonderful… 1. Song It’s raining, it’s pouring,The old man is snoring,He went to bed and bumped his head,And couldn’t get up in the morning. I love singing that to my kids whenever it rains. It takes me back to being a child, and I suppose singing always makes little children happy. Adults too. 2.Continue reading “The Joy of Rain”
