‘Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain’. Many blogs ago I mentioned our friend Ken Roberts who was setting off on a solo round the world cycle ride. We’re still following Ken’s progress on www.acrosscontinents.org and his blogs are becoming more perceptive and fascinating all continue reading »
Several days of thinking ‘must update my blog’ usually pass before I get round to it. The plan is always to sit down in the evening with a clear head and a glass of wine and get inspired. This rarely happens. The glass of wine always happens, but not the clear head, or even the continue reading »
When Thor Heyerdahl took his balsa wood raft Kon Tiki across the Pacific in 1947, he did it to show that in theory the Polynesian islanders could have originated from mainland South America. There’s nothing quite like a bit of practical archaeology; personally, I’d have paid more attention to history lessons at school if they had continue reading »
As an artist, I would rather draw a face with character than a mask of perfection. (The fact that I’m not very good at drawing faces is beside the point – this is a philosophical ramble but don’t worry, I’ll keep it brief!) There was a piece on the radio recently about a new continue reading »
I’m finally getting my teeth into the next RYA book; it always takes a while to find the way in to a new subject, but once I get my brain engaged it tends to take over. The studio is filling up with piles of books and notes and I’m starting to think about chapter headings in the shower. But continue reading »