High up in the sky in a Boeing 737 I was happy to have a window seat and a splendid view of Texas, neatly mapped out and organized. So many housing estates like little crop circles with one way in and one way out. Then the Gulf and the sea, the clouds like balls of […]
Trouble in Paradise May 24, 2022 Read More »
On the 15th of February 1952 at precisely 11 am, a seven year old stood stiffly to attention by his desk in Lenton Primary school in Nottingham as commanded by the teacher along with the rest of the class. No shuffling, no picking noses and no smiling. The King had died. The seven year
English Speaking Belize May 22, 2022 Read More »
I wouldn’t have thought we owned a lot of “stuff”. A few sticks of furniture, some inherited antiques, pots and pans, clothes, tools, books, pictures, bits and pieces… just like everyone else. Right? No! No! An inner voice intervened. “Count the number of cupboards, wardrobes, drawers, storage places and garage space. Not the stuff you
We are such stuff as dreams are made of. May 18, 2022 Read More »
Putting our money where our mouths are, ignoring all the conventional wisdom about how to conduct one’s life, we have decided to throw caution to the wind, free ourselves from nearly everything we own and are off to travel the world, before it’s too late or the ravages of time and its concomitant friend, old
Pre-Voyage May 17, 2022 Read More »