I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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We’ve got some super Samsung technology in our house. A couple of TV screens, yes I confess to having a TV on the wall in the kitchen, my wife’s got a Samsung tablet and most recently I bought an excellent…
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Jul 16: photo of the month
Sometimes the best photos are the easiest ones because someone’s already done the work for you. And at the same time you can make a statement.
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5 places I meet people on business
Of course there’s lots of places where I meet people but these are the ones where I’ve had serial meetings.
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I’m not really a runner these days
Over the last few years, specifically 2012-2015, I’ve been doing more running. I started because a colleague inspired me when she told me about her first 10k. If she can do it then so can I so I added it…
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Jun 16: photo of the month
I seemed to take a fair few food photos in June and several were technically good but this one says more about me and where I live.
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What’s wrong with the right glass?
It happened again last night. I ordered a glass of pretty good wine in a nice restaurant which served us a really good meal. But my wine came in a glass just big enough for the quantity of wine which…
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Yesterday wasn’t a great day
Yesterday began with the dawn chorus waking me at 0400. Suited me fine because I wanted to pick up the referendum results. I’d gone to bed with the Remain campaign slightly confident and Nigel Farage suggesting that it would win…
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3 Days in Durham
This is the excerpt for your very first post.
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May 16: photo of the month
In terms of photo quality this is nothing exceptional but I loved the silhouette of the woman with the hijab and the colours remind me of those in the paintings of Dutch painters like Vermeer and Frans Hals. I took…
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Wear your helmet
In the scale of disasters that can befall an individual falling off your bike doesn’t rank high. It can be trivial and it can of course by fatal but generally speaking it’ll be low speed, a few grazes and just…
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