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Unexpected lessons at the gym
Not wanting to become totally sedentary I decided to join the gym in Chippenham. Stiffness runs in our family and my mum became almost totally de-conditioned. To be fair she hated exercise from childhood; she would exercise if the physio was standing in front of her;...
Finding Your Truth
Being fairly newly retired is proving interesting on a number of fronts. I am sure many of you are also retired and I imagine you may have thought about some of issues I want to talk about. I think I am right in suggesting that we 'get' work, we do something...
What Lies Beneath?
What lies beneath? I recently spent a week in the Isle of Wight, visiting family and also the Open Art Studio sessions around the island. I love looking at what people produce, but more so having conversations with the artists about their process.My first visit was...
Looking for Logos (finding meaning!)
I have recently read the book Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. He was a professor of Neurology and Psychiatry who survived Auschwitz. He had a 1:28 chance that he would survive in the camp; he was lucky, but also he believed that he had a book to write. He...