Early sunshine. ‘Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.’ Thich Nhat Hanh The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck …
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Image derived via clipart. You’ll find the introduction to this series here. This post looks at Cars. Globally, we humans are wedded to cars, see them as almost a right. As a means of transport, they combine convenience, privacy, flexibility, and some degree of freedom, no matter how artificial that may be. But they come …
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Forest stream ‘A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.’ Paul Dudley White The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of …
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March mists. ‘Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.’ Martin Luther King, Jr. The daily shots from the local forest will continue and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. …
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Old tree in ancient quarry ‘A man's health requires as many acres of meadow to his prospect as his farm does loads of muck.’    Henry David Thoreau With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. The …
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A beech branch hangs acros the track ‘All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.’    Hal Borland With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. A track through the forest …
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 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G20_capitalism_banner.jpg The introduction to this series is here. This post looks at Capitalism. Okay, so what is capitalism? My go-to dictionary (SOED) defines it thus: ‘The possession of capital or wealth; a system in which private capital or wealth is used in the production or distribution of goods; the dominance of private owners of capital …
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Snaking path ‘Walking is good for solving problems; it's like the feet are little psychiatrists.’     Terri Guillemets With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. Twisted branches If you share on social media, we’ll reach more …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 26 Feb 21
Shadows across the trail ‘Walking is good for the soul.’    Andy Rooney With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. In the magical forest If you share on social media, we’ll reach more people stuck indoors …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 25 Feb 21
Hillside walk ‘[Walking] is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way of freedom. If you go to a place on anything but your own feet you are taken there too fast, and miss a thousand delicate joys that were waiting for you …
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Photo by Marko Milivojevic on Pixnio You’ll find the introduction to this series here. This post looks at Business. What do we understand by the term ‘business’? In fact, it encompasses a wide range of activities and philosophies. Some people are in business to make improvements to life, some to help others, but most business …
Continue reading Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 12, Business.
Walking one of the valleys ‘Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.’    Jules Renard With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. Stile. If you share on social media, we’ll …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 23 Feb 21
In the old quarry ‘If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.’    Barack Obama With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. A walk by the river …
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A riverside walk. ‘Walking is also an ambulation of mind.’ Gretel Ehrlich With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. On a snowy walk. If you share on social media, we’ll reach more people stuck indoors …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 21 Feb 21
Gated track in the forest. ‘But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.’    John Mu With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including a shot of the wider world, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. The other side of …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 20 Feb 21
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