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Continue reading →: Writing for the hell of it
Today’s reflective post addresses my compulsion to write. In a writing workshop some time ago run by a local journalist he stressed the importance of creating content. To some extent it doesn’t really matter at the outset whether it’s any good or not. Once you have it on the page,…
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Continue reading →: Weight loss
I got soaked on my short cycle across Belfast this morning. After my appointment I had planned on stopping off at La Bottega to do some studying on the way home. With that in mind, I bought a pair of jeans in a charity shop. I was a bit worried…
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Continue reading →: Battery power
This morning I was reasonably charged by an egg on toast with grilled tomato and black pudding. My bicycle’s battery unfortunately was not charged enough to give me the power assistance required to get me the shortish distance to the Belfast Bicycle Workshop. Having struggled over the last 750 metres…
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Continue reading →: Paperless postgraduate studies
The distance learning course in Philosophy is heavily reliant on students finding recommended articles and journals online. If, like me, you prefer to highlight relevant passages and make notes in the margin it is not as easy to do with downloads as hard copy. I am grateful to my local…
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Continue reading →: MAFS Australia
We are hooked on this reality show where strangers are matched by three experts, get married and try to build relationships that last. Some couples seem to click with their partners almost instantly, others struggle to find the good in the other person. At the dinner parties for the couples…
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Continue reading →: BT9 café
If you enjoy the company of young people out jogging, walking their dogs, or wheeling their infants about, or just meeting up with friends in a café on the Lisburn Road, Belfast, Trait is the place to be. Their coffee is good and they have a fine selection of pastries.…
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Continue reading →: Life is sweet
Life certainly feels sweet living in a newly renovated house with lovely neighbours in a country of culture and oodles of natural beauty. These privileges are not lost on me. My studies currently make me even more aware of the disparity between my lifestyle and those of people living in…
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Continue reading →: Earth belongs to everyone
Global Justice means that rights apply equally around the world. Nation states may engage in the struggle for economic dominance, world religions may try to impose their beliefs and code of ethics on others and wars continue to break out over territorial claims. But a recognition that being born into…
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Continue reading →: Monday closing
I often forget that La Bottega closes on Mondays, as do the bars on the Lisburn Road and the Ulster Museum. Luckily there’s no shortage of places serving good coffee in Belfast. Today I joined Richard, a former colleague, at Sojourn for a coffee and a catch-up. In town later…
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