Amid the clamour of consumerism, David Essex singing “It’s only a winter’s tale” stopped me in my tracks in the middle of the supermarket. I have no idea why. I don’t know the rest of the lyrics, only the title. It’s not one of my all time favourites, but perhaps the music evokes memories of […]
How must it feel to have your homeland occupied by the enemy, to be dispossessed of your land, to have your home bombarded and devastated, and reduced to a pile of rubble? How must it feel to lose relatives and friends, lose possessions, lose dignity, and be surrounded by devastation, chaos and uncertainty, knowing no […]
Let`s be honest, not one of us of likes to be out of our comfort zone, that is because we feel and look vulnerable. Well today I felt vulnerable, I had organised to go to a place in Aberdeenshire called Go Ape, this is a place where you can do the ‘Tree Top Challenge’. The […]
Who are you remembering?
Gordon is a good friend. We have spent some fun times together, but he is totally locked into ‘stuff’. He’s a busy person and he’s gadget mad and considers it a priority to have the latest versions. He has a good job and can afford to buy these things. I suppose when I had a […]
STOP EATING FROM THE DEVIL’S TABLE! New blog from CVM’s Northern Director Gasky.
As I look out across the landscape of my own life there have been times of success and hope, and times of failure and despair. I wonder just how many blokes out there struggle to rebuild their lives after a disaster. How do we transform the rubble and devastation caused by the earthquakes and tsunamis […]
Don’t know about you, but feeling like our moral compass is all over the place in these uncertain days ……….. Just off the mobile phone to a friend who has just lost his job, he was with his company for 14 years in a senior position. The way they paid him off was so impersonal; […]
In the 1970’s Jackson Browne had great success with his song ‘Running on Empty’. I listened to it again recently as a friend of mine said he felt like he was running on empty. He had nothing left in the tank. He had nothing in reserve. Life had taken its toll. He felt his life […]
On Saturday evening I was at the Cinema to watch the new Sci-fi movie Tenent, the story is about a secret agent who embarks on a dangerous, time bending mission to prevent the start of Word War III. The film was fast paced and all action, but I just could not follow the story, too […]
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