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The Selected Works of T S Spivet

Posted in books, from the reading room on November 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The Selected Works of T S Spivet is quite unique (ISBN 978-1-846-55277-9). It’s a novel by Reif Larsen and tells the story of 12 year old T S Spivet who maps everything he comes across. He draws the most illuminating, enlightening and thought provoking diagrams and maps and the novel is liberally illustrated with them [...]

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Yesterday

Posted in from the viewing room, photography on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I walked into my living room, and there on the TV was this display -

I couldn’t resist it……..Groundhog Day???

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TM benefits in reducing heart disease

Posted in from the consulting room, health on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There’s a pretty substantial number of references to research showing health benefits from the practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM), but a new piece of research is especially interesting. The Medical College of Wisconsin carried out a study of 201 African American men and women who had heart disease (average age, 59). They were randomised in [...]

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The wedding dress in the castle window…..

Posted in creativity, from the dark room, photography on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

…..some photos just suggest a story, don’t they? Inspired?

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Does anyone know what makes these marks?

Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, photography, tagged on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This isn’t a quiz….well, at least, not in the sense that I know the answer! I came across these strange marks on fallen trees in a forest recently. Have you any idea what makes this happen? Is it a fungus? An insect? A worm?? Look at the variety, it’s quite astonishing!

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a watery web

Posted in from the dark room, photography on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

….under the forest floor, in a small earthy cave, this sparkling jewel of a web was woven……

come closer, for a better look…..

come closer, still….

see the colours of the forest reflected here?
now let your eyes just relax out of focus and see what appears….

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a world in a drop of sap

Posted in from the dark room, photography on November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

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from above

Posted in from the dark room, photography on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of the good things about a really early morning flight is that you have the chance to see the dawn from above the clouds. It’s beautiful to see them blushing pink as the sun rises over the horizon.
This reminds me, please go and look at this. It’s a movie by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. He takes [...]

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The buy a bouquet machine

Posted in from the dark room, photography on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

….never seen one of these before!

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How does your day begin?

Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, life, personal growth, photography on November 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

How does your day begin?
I took this photo of the sun rising behind the old factories on the other side of Stirling station yesterday, and it got me thinking about the start of the day. Every day the sun comes up (but we don’t always notice it). In some cultures and traditions this simple, daily [...]

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