Losing wars and chocolate biscuits
Published: Thu, 02/23/23
Last Sunday I was preaching on the te t from chapter 5 of Matthew’s Gospel which begins with the statement:‘You have heard it said, an eye for an eye,…
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The secret of becoming a master of martial arts
Published: Sun, 02/12/23
A good friend shared the secret of becoming a master of martial arts with me. Turn up, train, do some practice. That is it, all you need to know. This…
Demographics is destiny and the 2023 Stavcamp
Published: Fri, 01/27/23
1177 BC is considered to be the date that the Bronze age civilizations collapsed. I listened to a talk by an archeologist called Eric Cline (link…
How will history remember 2023?
Published: Thu, 01/05/23
So, here we are five days on from what was an interesting year. There is plenty to comment on if I felt so inclined. The death of the Queen. War in…
Preparation for an uncertain future
Published: Fri, 12/23/22
Iduna and I went to a Winter Solstice ritual at a home in Hull on Wednesday night. Just a dozen of us around a small fire in the garden and then some…
Is eight billion enough?
Published: Wed, 11/30/22
Apparently the world population has just reached eight billion people. The statistics have been stacking up for quite some time, so no great surprise…
Wearing, or not wearing, a poppy with pride?
Published: Sun, 11/13/22
In the centre of Hull, right opposite the railway station is a rather fine war memorial. The figures of two soldiers caught up in the heat of battle…
Losing your way
Published: Mon, 10/24/22
Last Saturday I took Iduna for a second visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum. Okay, it is more interesting for me than her, but it is a day out and she…
No poison without an antidote
Published: Fri, 10/14/22
Some one on my email list responded to my last post and suggested that my my attitude to Russia and the ‘va ’ ‘seemed pretty removed from reality’.
Living too long?
Published: Tue, 10/04/22
How long is long enough? The Queen recently died at 96. A couple of weeks before the royal death I went to the funeral of my wife’s grandfather who…