I was mistaken for a 24 year old
Published: Fri, 10/11/19
On Tuesday morning I needed to visit the emergency eye clinic at St Helier’s Hospital in Carsholton. I have had a slight problem with my right eye for…
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On being a student rather than a teacher
Published: Fri, 10/04/19
Hi ,Since moving back to East Yorkshire two years ago I have not been terribly successful in teaching Stav as a martial discipline. I did manage to…
When truth and facts collide
Published: Mon, 09/30/19
Hi ,Is it already a month since I got back from the Mercian Gathering? September has been rather stressful for reasons I will elaborate on below. The…
Expensive metal sticks
Published: Sat, 08/24/19
Hi ,Last weekend I was at Fightcamp. I didn’t go last year and I had been warned that the demographic was now younger and only interested in…
Come on, light my fire
Published: Wed, 08/21/19
Hi ,One of the activities we practiced at the Runes and Trees Retreat was fire lighting. I recently discovered modern flint and strikers for fire…
Why you don't want to be a meercat
Published: Mon, 08/19/19
Hi ,I am glad I am not a Meerkat in a zoo. I would be fed up with people shouting ‘simples’ at me in a mock Russian accent. And since I probably…
All in the mind?
Published: Fri, 08/16/19
Hi ,part three of a series of five posts. First one looked at how drowning in too much information holds us back. Second, how a fear of not having…
Just in time
Published: Thu, 08/15/19
Hi ,Some years ago, when my mother was in her mid eighties, she had a fall. Apparently she fell forwards onto the pavement having tripped on something…
Too many books, even 3000 years ago
Published: Wed, 08/14/19
Hi ,When I was a child my parents bought me a set of the Britannica Junior Encyclopedia. This resource came in (as I recall) 13 hardback volumes…
Off to camp again
Published: Wed, 08/07/19
Hi ,It was one summer evening about 15 years ago, when I was living in a farm cottage just outside of Kidlington in O fordshire. An email came through…