Do You Give Due Credit?
I’m looking forward to watching the film, Selma. Everything that I’ve heard about it indicates that it is a film that is well worth...
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Jan 17, 20151 min read
The Spirit of an Explorer
If you have the spirit of an explorer, sometimes you set out on a path without actually knowing where it will lead. But it will lead...
Nov 13, 20131 min read
Where’s Your Poppy?
I have a poppy, which I choose to wear and I wear it with great pride. It actually looks just like this one worn by young Nicholas on...
Jul 15, 20132 min read
Trying to Eat Healthily
For the first time ever, courtesy of Sainsbury’s I drank vegetable juice (combined with fruit juice) this past weekend. I’m pretty...
Jun 8, 20131 min read
Girls and Golf
When I went along to support a Charity Golf event, I decided that the next time I went for such an event, I wanted to have the option of...
Nov 22, 20122 min read
The Eyes of a Child
I know it’s probably not the end, but I’m glad that there has been a ceasefire called in Gaza.. Even though I have studied it from the...
Nov 3, 20124 min read
The Good and Bad in Us ALL
When the Jimmy Savile scandal first broke, I had no idea how bad things were, but I knew there were bad – the abuse of anyone is bad, the...
Oct 12, 20121 min read
Beyond the Man in The Mirror
There’s a lot to be said about looking in the mirror and seeing yourself for who you are – warts and all and working to improve upon...
Aug 10, 20122 min read
We are Punished for Our Virtues
I have a fascination for tattoos and what they mean to the bearers. I mean what leads people to get images or words engraved on their...
Mar 29, 20122 min read
Communication Breakdown
It’s now over 10 years since I virtually work up one morning and decided to book myself on a holiday to Japan. My original plan was to...
Mar 25, 20121 min read
Just Keep on Moving
I drove down to Milton Keynes Shopping Centre earlier today for a meeting with Waterstones about my new books. I hadn’t realised that the...
Feb 17, 20122 min read
Basketball & Drums
I was at a game of Basketball – MK Lions against the Leicester Raiders on Friday. Unfortunately, MK Lions didn’t win – we lost by a...
Feb 13, 20123 min read
Happy Valentine's Day – or what should I call this?
The prettiest smiles hide the deepest secrets.The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears. And the kindest hearts have felt the most...
Jun 11, 20112 min read
Going Local
Just before Christmas, I was told about a local Farm shop which is said to have some very good supplies. I wanted to immediately rush...
Jan 6, 20112 min read
Sometimes our Greatest Successes Lie Beyond Our Dreams
Have you heard of Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister? If you live in Britain and know anything at all about British politics,...
Jan 1, 20112 min read
Susan's New Year's Honours Lists
So thankfully we’ve made it through to another year and people are optimistically stepping forward with lists of objectives and goals;...
Aug 14, 20101 min read
Broken Heart Tatoo
I was in the Gospel Tent during New Orleans Jazzfesr sitting next to a young lady with a tattoo of a broken heart with angels wings and...
Aug 3, 20103 min read
The Black Diary
I really should be working – pulling together the information from today’s meetings, preparing for the next, doing some business...
Dec 30, 20092 min read
Most Inspiring People of 2009
Earlier today I read an article in The Independent entitled Most Inspiring People in 2009 by Johann Hari. I would like to add a name to...
Dec 13, 20091 min read
Pollution
In view of the current Climate Change Summit taking place in Copenhagen, I thought I’d share a short poem that I wrote many moons ago...
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