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Change My Mind (Metaphors)

Change My Mind (Metaphors)

It’s very common that at some point in our life we encounter a person who changes the way we think about something. It may happen regularly of course. The more open we are then the more we are likely to allow these new influences to change us. Metaphors were one such...
Shortwave: A Love Story

Shortwave: A Love Story

I find it fascinating when something I used to do regularly I suddenly choose to stop doing. And then there’s the decision to start again. I do this with many things in my life. Of course, there must be a reason. Everything we do has a reason. And a positive...
If only…

If only…

  I’m not myself. Metaphorically of course ‘I’ and ‘self’ are two different things however that’s not what I’m talking about. No, what I mean is that I am not myself at the moment I’m writing this. I’m not the person I believe myself to be. Indeed I would go...
Swimming. Lessons.

Swimming. Lessons.

  This year I decided that I wanted to change. I wanted to be a better swimmer. I had a lot of beliefs about swimming – it’s hard, I don’t enjoy it, I’m just not a natural swimmer, it’s just something that others are good at. I can’t swim well....
Upon Reflection

Upon Reflection

I was walking along the path by the river, heading out of Richmond towards the Lock and Weir, and I passed under Twickenham Bridge. As I did so I could hear how the sound of my footsteps were being reflected back to me, echoed by the shape of the arch. I am always...