Remember we all have to die. A rather morbid expression you might think to start a blog post. But it’s a truth non of us mortals can completely ignore this great truth in life because life and death are so intertwined. …
I mention on my previous blog about having a wobble over expenditure of my boating or sailing activities. I was chatting to an optician I went into at Lakki Leros Greece. He said the best two times with boating is…
Wobble meaning a waver between different causes of action. I was concerned or I supposed worried about the various bits of equipment on the boat failing. Simrad Electrical autopilot, water pump, engine starter motor. The downside of boating is the constant…
Taming Our Thoughts. We humans have a problem that can take us down one big rabbit hole and transport us to different universe. Now I’m sure like me when you sleep and there are different phases of sleep, light sleep,…
I left Gibralta after having my mainsail altered as the battens kept working lose and the reefing lines kept fraying through due to metal crinkles causing chafe. I bought some frictionless plastic rings which the sail maker fastened to the…
A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men’s and boys’ hair or beards. A barber’s place of work is known as a “barbershop” or a “barber’s”. Barbershops are also places of social interaction…
I recently listened to a podcast about how ubiquitous the use of concrete is worldwide as a building material and how detrimental it is to the environment. Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-audio-long-read/id587347784?i=1000570550735i Spain seems to have had a…
IN THE BEGINNING… The Rock of Gibraltar is a Jurassic Limestone promontory, formed from the shells of tiny sea creatures which compacted layer upon layer on the seabed some 200 million years ago. Between 60 and 20 million years ago…