A Path Less Trodden

.. he’s a very naughty boy.
You’d be forgiven in believing the second coming was imminent such was the frenzy surrounding the recent much leaked, much hyped launch of the Apple iPad.  Now I’ll admit that I’m not immune to the über cool aura that surrounds all that emanates from Cupertino these days (I’m a PC user but have [...]

I watched Gran Torino and was struck by the way the the Clint Eastwood character growled when things pissed him off. I’ve started to use ‘public’ transport now on my daily commute to work and one thing you don’t appreciate is quite how many of the ‘public’ you get to meet and there are several [...]

Happy New Year! This is the time of year for talk of resolutions. A New Year, A New You! The media and blogosphere is awash with various exhortations to achieve a ‘better’ you.
My resolution partly inspired by this blog post by Tommy Angelo is to do less, to not have goals, not have to do [...]

Whilst browsing one of my favourite blog writers Lucky Jimm I came across reference to a 25 year old community in Tuscany (Italy) in the Valle degli Elfi (Valley of Elves), where people live as we used to, helping each other, not reliant on external resources but sorting out what needs to be done and [...]