Been reading a great book, reflecting on old age, by Ronald Blythe - The View in Winter. It is a timeless and moving study of the perplexities of living to a great old age, as related by a wide range of men an women: miners, villagers, doctors, teachers, craftsmen, soldiers, priests, the widowed and long-retired. Their voices are set in the context of what literature, art, religion and medicine over the centuries have said about ageing. The result is an acclaimed and compelling reflection on an inevitable aspect of our human experience.

Thots of Ireland

Thots of Ireland

From a recent trip to Ireland. An experiment in uploading video. It's way too long - but it shows me what I can do and how a blog can develop - and also include amazing video log (vlog) possibilities. I don't think I can post a video directly via Blogger - but I've come 'through the back door' using another program - i.e. via http://blip.tv/.

Watch the video

So, here we go and one can only hope it all improves as we go ! I want this blog to be simply an eclectic gathering and random scattering of some of my thots, pics, videos and reflections, 360 degree observations of life and love, in the depths, breadths and heights of discovery and sharing . . . perhaps of interest to no one more than myself. But then, maybe others might be stimulated to smile and resonate, in some ways, with me.