WHY IT’S TIME TO START RUNNING/WALKING THE WAY WE WERE BORN TO https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/why-barefoot/running “Barefoot running is not about speed; it’s about feeling the ground under you, finding balance, and trusting the process.” Ted McDonald – barefoot ultrarunner
Category Archives: Stuff
2025 04 05
Senator Cory Booker breaks a record
Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech as he protested against President Trump’s policies. The New Jersey Democrat spoke for longer than Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18 minute address in 1957. Courtesy of Youtube and CBS News #Politics#USA
The signal Trump Scandal continues
March 27, 2025 From Heather Cox Richardson Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on the Houthis in Yemen. A payment on one of them was identified only with an eggplant emoji, which is commonlyContinue reading “The signal Trump Scandal continues”
I find it difficult
I find it difficult to find things to write about. There is so much happening around me and its always difficult to decide what I should put to my journal. Today (26/03/2025) our Chancellor of the Exchequer brought a whole new range of measures to Parliament which she assured the house would put the countryContinue reading “I find it difficult”
What’s going on in the US
I’m very concerned as are many other about what’s going on in the world with particular reference to the USA, only because the USA has such a profound influence on the rest of the world. The election for a second term of Donald Trump is scary. We are seeing the world stock exchanges taking aContinue reading “What’s going on in the US”
I’m often amazed
I’m often amazed at how much other people seem to have considered the problems of the world and have solutions that they are convinced byI find that quite admirable and it makes me (briefly) feel inadequate and not very clever Currently the world seems doomed to disaster as we regularly have reached 50C in manyContinue reading “I’m often amazed”
Thinking about the planet
We have 14km of atmosphere between us and death. 8 and a bit miles of protection. It’s not much and we’re destroying it. I’m very concerned. I know it’ll be there until I’m gone but I’m concerned for those who come behind. I’m amazed that there are still atmosphere disaster deny’ers.
Its been a while
Infact it’s been a whole year. A whole year older and 2 stone lighter and 4 inches off my waist. I think that’s quite an achievement. At our age you start thinking about how long you’ve got left and how you can improve what you’ve got left. Val and I adopted a new way. WeContinue reading “Its been a while”
We got married
I just noticed I hadn’t posted anything about our wedding and I’d like to explain I didn’t post because I was away using blogger instead The big day was 7th Aug 2020 https://photos.app.goo.gl/vmFwdKVSpjevSFCg7
Val and Peter Ball are ....... 