The Late Professor Jason Arday of Cambridge University As many of you know I’ve been writing about the impossibility of being perfect for any human. This awful, tragic, heartbreaking story is an illustration of exactly that. Jason was made a Professor at Cambridge a few years ago, he was very young as you can see.ContinueContinue reading “Perfection?”
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Forget Perfection
If you had a time machine and could send just one message to your past self, what would it say? As I’ve said before, my father told me that he and mum wanted to raise the perfect child. What an utterly ridiculous idea! Especially as what went into making me wasn’t perfect. They would haveContinueContinue reading “Forget Perfection”
Clever
A voice for peace, respect, and inclusion
Warrior
A voice for peace asking people to join me
Heart and Soul
A prose poem calling all peaceful voices to unite
Lee Child
Which author would you love to have dinner with? Jack Reacher I chose this image because I love Malcolm Goodwin, on the left, as an actor. He has that amazing power to dominate a screen quietly so prevalent in black actors. I also love Alan Ritchson because he is Reacher. They’re a great partnership. WhenContinueContinue reading “Lee Child”
Lets Get Real
What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people? I never lost my faith in people. There are 8.3 billion people in this world and the vast majority are good people. That’s a fact otherwise each country would be a prison with a few small enclaves for those willing to be decentContinueContinue reading “Lets Get Real”
It’s Going to be Okay
If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say? I believe in mind, body, soul as a reality. I know I have a mind because it drives me nuts sometimes, at others it’s amazing. I know I have a body because I have to wash and dress itContinueContinue reading “It’s Going to be Okay”
I Haven’t
What’s the best local dish you’ve ever eaten while traveling? I have traveled. I’m not a foodie. Pizza and pasta in Italy were disappointing, but that was only two places. American food lived up to expectations in some places and not others. French food was not as expected, but I didn’t eat in many places.ContinueContinue reading “I Haven’t”
Common Sense
What’s a thing you wish schools actually taught? It’s the simple things that people often simply don’t believe in that cause so many problems in life. We are taught to think that life is difficult, complex, challenging, and a battle from the cradle to the grave. That simply isn’t true. What needs teaching in schoolsContinueContinue reading “Common Sense”