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When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? I had no idea. I recall mentioning being a ballerina once for no apparent reason other than a teacher asked me that same question and that’s what popped into my mind. In truth I’m not and never was a career mindedContinueContinue reading “Everything”

What’s something most people don’t understand? I’ve got to the age where I know it’s a mistake to think you understand this world or ever will. That may surprise younger people, that I’m mid 60s and not completely inflexible, with the firm belief that I’m the authority on everything that matters and everything that doesn’t.ContinueContinue reading “I have no idea”

How has technology changed your job? As I’m retired this is a tricky question, so I’ll go off piste as usual. In some ways the advent of technology made my work a lot easier. When you made a mistake on a typewriter you had to start the entire page again, which usually meant you madeContinueContinue reading “Blast from the Past”

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? I don’t have any. Never have. Is the answer, but life has many layers of meaning. Unless of course we consider different types of goals. For me, nothing is more important than feeling good. Inner peace is the goal. So yes,ContinueContinue reading “What Goals?”

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I sometimes get a feeling that wells up from the core of my being that is the purest joy. It comes at unexpected times, often when something is concerning me. Suddenly I’m smiling so hard I think my face will split and IContinueContinue reading “Joy”

What is your favorite type of weather? I love the sun as much as the next person, but humid heat drains my energy. I went to Italy in the early 1990s and it was a dry heat, that was much better. Still tiring, but it’s perspiring that I can’t stand. I’m also lucky in thatContinueContinue reading “Not Hot”

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I went to university at the age of 39. an age when most adults pretty much think they have life worked out. I discovered that I didn’t. It was a wonderful, rejuvenating, experience. My world opened up, I learned of things I didn’t even know I didn’t know.ContinueContinue reading “Iftikhar Malik”

What do you wish you could do more every day? I’d like to have more fun. I seem to have lost my way, or has society changed? It’s hard to tell. In the UK we’ve never been more isolationist and anti social than we are now, post covid. You’ll probably have heard the idea thatContinueContinue reading “Smile”

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I would never have a tattoo. My uncle had them when he was young and over the years I saw them fade. Maybe they don’t now. Skin wrinkles over time. Imagine a Renoir if the canvas dried out! I admire other people’s body art,ContinueContinue reading “Ugh”