Last year was a milestone birthday and a couple of weeks ago I turned over another year. Add loosing grandparents, parents, cancer and so on, getting old is rather in my face right now. I…
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Flawed am I…
Confidence comes over time, and my confidence has certainly taken a hit recently. I’ve talked of needing to change a couple of time, I’ve talked of the fear of being found wanting and this crisis…
Driving the long way round
I had one of those wonderful moments where I got to spend a little time on a “happy place” this morning, I awoke unreasonably early and did something I’ve not done for a while. It…
A tough day
Today was an emotional day, it’s the first birthday since mum succumbed to breast cancer and she has been on my mind a lot. Today I got a card from dad, he wrote in the…
Spring time is here
I think most people have a happy place; one of mine is the North Downs in southern England. A couple of weeks ago among all the pressure and emotion I made a couple of hours…
Carol Kean
Twenty minutes later I missed a call from my brother. I called back within a minute or two, dad answered the phone. The message was short and to the point, Mum’s gone.
The view from 36,000 feet
I fly a lot; it comes with my job, along with living 6000 miles away from aging parents, and wanting to occasionally see the sun while living in Seattle during the winter. I don’t particularly…
Where the money comes from is changing
Despite the withdrawal of Toyota, Honda, BMW and Renault limiting their exposure within the sport, the cost of competing in Formula One remains very high. Other than Mercedes, Ferrari and perhaps Renault teams are wholly…
Richard Dawkins reading at the UW
Last night evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins did a book reading at the University of Washington Hec-ed pavilion. Something over 5000 people turned up to hear him read from his latest book “The greatest show on…