Jul 30, 20182 minThe Gently Rolling HillsI WAS RUSHING to the hills. How I missed them -- those gently rolling green hills! I willed my bicycle to run faster and faster, but it...
Jul 20, 20181 minA BIRTHDAYA FEW DAYS AGO I quietly turned fifty-something. I was planning to switch off the phone and spend the whole of that day cycling a bit...
May 21, 20182 minBLOWN AWAY BY SPRINGYES, spring completely blew me away. To such an extent that I was running around the garden and even across the fields like a lunatic....
Apr 26, 20184 minSomething Is Brewing or How Long Bliss Can LastI WAS WALKING home the other day, down a quiet country road. There was no one else, just me, the sun and the wind. The sprouting crops...
Apr 7, 20184 minWhat Makes Me & Us Happy?I CAN’T BELIEVE I’m writing in clichés again! With such titles no Google or Bing search engines will ever find my blog, not to speak of...
Mar 29, 20183 minA BreakthroughI‘M UP EARLY. Peeking at the dark window now and again. Do I really have to go? I‘m somewhat doubtful. It is only five o‘lock in the...
Mar 21, 20183 minBack to RealityWhat a cliché! The title is hardly an eyecatcher, but I cannot help it – such are our lives. I HAVE JUST submitted a translation of a...
Mar 1, 20182 minArctic Cold II: The Remarkable ‘Lightness of Being’Photo: The remarkable 'lightness of being' in Wales, Jan. 2018 THESE are the last days of the perishing Siberian cold that has ravaged...
Feb 25, 20182 minArctic ColdIt’s freezing cold. That’s why I have not written anything since my first post. It’s so cold you can’t think straight. Your whole body...