I’VE BEEN THINKING. I’ve been thinking that I can do a lot better. For me, the formation of our beliefs and values, and through them our behaviour and choices (and through these the lives we live, and especially how we treat other people), has long been a fascinating topic. Or, to put it simply: why […]
NOT THAT MANY years ago, I was a runner. What I mean is: running was a significant part of my daily life. ‘Runner’ was a significant part of how I saw myself. Back in my late thirties and right through my forties I ran pretty much every day, and I ran with real purpose, not
IT HAS BEEN an ‘interesting’ year so far – on the global front clearly not interesting in a good way. A lot of what I see and hear on the news, on social media and out in the ‘real world’ has me scratching my head in utter disbelief, wondering if I have somehow fallen into
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I MIGHT OCCASSIONALLY blog about more than nature this year. I’m starting to feel that it’s the right thing to do… even though doing it, being more open about other subjects – especially politics – could well be a poor ‘career’ move, could lose me readers and book sales, and could even damage a few
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THERE WAS A time early in my adult life when I felt cut off from who I knew myself to be. Fate… circumstance… cultural expectations… supposed financial realities… the strident conformist opinions of key ‘guides’ in my life… all of these factors (and more) contrived to keep me living a life that felt to me
2024 FINISHED WITH two camps, one in the foothills, one up in the high country. They weren’t many miles apart in distance, but in character they belonged to different worlds entirely. I’ll be honest, both camps almost didn’t happen. Before deciding to go on each, before packing, I found myself struggling with motivation, which is
A FEW WEEKS ago I added a blog post that described one of the main reasons why my Colorado home has come to mean so much to me: The Living Land – Colorado Wildlife Photos #1. (The reason, to put it simply, is because my home is a living land, abundantly rich with life, and
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THIS IS A bit of a departure from the normal content of my blog, but I have a favour to ask, both for myself and also for every single author whose books you might have read and enjoyed… I ask because, as you’ll see if you read this entire post, earning a ‘living wage’ is
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I LOVE WHERE I live. I mean, really love it. I love it to the point where it feels more like an extension of who I am than simply a place I happen to be. Even though I grew up some 5,000 miles away in a thoroughly different environment, the environment that I now call
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AFTER A WILD WEEK of snow and grayness, my little corner of Colorado has returned to horizon-to-horizon blue skies, to bright sunshine, to skin-soothing warmth, and to a rapid thaw. Deep snow is softening, sinking away. Water is gushing. Even though a certain dark cloud lingers on the horizon, today’s glorious brightness is keeping me
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