I always love the way that a covering of snow on the ground outside reflects the day onto the ceilings inside the house and enhances the quality of the light. I would be a very happy guineapig for a dimmable ceiling full of LED lights, but in the meantime I enjoy our occasional snowy days [...]
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I took a drive down to my folks this morning and ran down the valley to Rottingdean and the sea, sparkling in the chilly sun. I had already got the stitch chasing down another runner on the way down the hill and had all but run out of puff, but since it’s only a couple [...] Joe Jaworski, son of the lawyer who indicted Nixon, suggests that by opening ourselves to the possibilities in the world around us and responding to the subtle signs we then see, we can induce predictable miracles to happen around us. That’s how I felt this week. Having written about the power of smiling and [...] I’ve been thinking. Sure, we are all thinking about something from moment to moment, but I wonder how many people sit down to deliberately think about one thing? In fact, since I sold out of my marketing business in 2007 and have been thinking in a more focused way about thinking, I’ve observed that [...] I was humbled that, at Christmas, my folks thanked me for my psychological support during last year. I find it interesting that that despite being a highly evolved species, it is often the simple stuff that makes a difference to how we think and how we feel. Take smiling for example. It may be [...] After a really fun, relaxing and generally somewhat studious Christmas and New Year break, FosterRuns got back to business this morning with a delicious run on a BEAUTIFUL sunny day! I had decided on the title above as I sat studying this morning, so there was little question about where I was going to run… [...] We were at a FAB party at Clive & Nat’s last night, during which time Pete & Cliff reminded me about the Mince Pie ten mile race this morning. Though I remember saying that I ‘might’ see them there, even then I was somewhat doubtful… I could list the reasons for my doubt, but it [...] Once again I tootled off to my parents house for my run, although having got absorbed in re-reading David Eagleman’s book Incognito, the Secret Lives of the Brain this morning, I was even later in starting out than last week. Eagleman writes beautifully: ‘Your consciousness is like a tiny stowaway on a transatlantic steamship, taking credit [...] After a fun-packed day of sculpting and Scouting yesterday, the alarm this morning was an unwelcome intrusion… especially as it was still dark. I even fell asleep again on a chair in the space between putting the coffee-pot on and it boiling! But it was all for a good cause as I was meeting Mark at 8am [...] Having sported a painful back for about a week, I couldn’t face a repeat run with Mark and Mach 2 yesterday, so I opted instead for a relaxing day in the garden… wasn’t it a beaut?! Relaxing day in the garden is an oxymoron for me, of course. I cleared out the tea-house ahead of [...] |
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