The Joy of Philosophy

Some books you can gobble down quickly like fast food, but some just need to be sipped and savoured. I’ve been carrying around and reading The Joy of Philosophy by Robert C Solomon (ISBN-13 978-0-19-516540-1) for the last two or three weeks. Got some strange looks from people on the train who could only see [...]

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River Forth

As I was in a plane flying into towards Edinburgh Airport I decided to take a photo of the Forth Railway Bridge. Only after I’d taken it did I notice the large ship in the estuary – it’s the QE2 on it’s celebratory 40th anniversary tour.

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The Stirling Girl

The Stirling Girl, originally uploaded by bobsee.
Over recent months Stirling Council has erected some information panels around the city. On one side is a map of the area and on the other are some images of that area as it was along with interesting little histories.
On the panel at the foot of the [...]

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Good science

I’ve always had a bit of a passion for science. But what does that mean? What is science? There’s a lot of talk these days about anti-science, as if it were some kind of political party or team to be opposed, or about bad science, which, strangely, tends not to be a discussion about either [...]

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heading south

heading south, originally uploaded by bobsee.
Winter’s coming
Look! The geese are heading south. Such a lovely sight.
I’m sorry I didn’t get a better photograph of them but I’ll keep my eyes peeled and maybe I’ll see some more.
We had a thin frost yesterday morning so I guess the geese saw that coming!

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the white house

the white house, originally uploaded by bobsee.
I just love the colours in the sky over Ben Ledi.
But see that white house over to the left? It’s catching the sun so it’s catching your eye.
We are very good at spotting what’s different, noticing what is unique.
I love that
I love that our perception allows us [...]

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Why homeopathy and what is it anyway?

I work at Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital. I’m a medical doctor, used to be a GP (Family Physician), but I became gradually disenchanted with prescribing only antis (anti-biotics, anti-depressants, anti-inflammatories, anti-histamines, anti-hypertensives……..you get the picture) and only having the time to focus on little bits of people instead of the people themselves (we call those little [...]

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apple tracks

apple tracks, originally uploaded by bobsee.
I snapped this apple still hanging on the tree in the garden.
What caught my eye were these markings on the skin of this apple. What causes these marks? They look like tracks. Are they caused by some passing creature? Or is it some kind of apple disease? But [...]

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plums

plums, originally uploaded by bobsee.
A couple of weeks ago I helped gather plums from a single tree in my father-in-law’s garden. There were hundreds of them! We now have several pots of plum and ginger jam…….yummy!
What I love about this photo is the colour and texture of the plums. These are irregular plums [...]

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A decade of getting fat

I read two reports about obesity today – one from the USA – which highlights the issue of the increasing prevalence of both advertising for high fat high calorie foods and the number of sales points for “junk” food (especially in the environments of teenagers. The other from Scotland showing we have the highest rates [...]

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