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Another month already! Towards the end of the month I’ve been finding joy again in walking and in mundane things – the true test of…
A quiet month again. Lost a few days to my sinuses playing up. Had to get the bus back or work at home. There is…
Twelve years ago we moved into our flat in Edinburgh with our two daughters who were six and a four years old. We aren’t fussy…
I had a interesting exchange on the way to work. I was taking this picture of a window – just interested in the symmetry and…
Not sure what to say this month. Not quite to 200 days – although I am on the 200th as I type. Here are two…
Much more upbeat in July. Walks have been really regular and been feeling good again. First time back at yoga on 31st. I weigh 1lb…
A year on the road. Not the road in the picture. That is the A383 in the Highlands. It has been a time of reflection.…
I don’t feel I really understand something until I have had a go at it so, having watched some YouTube videos on Afghan Box Cameras,…
May is the month that I lead the Two Feet, One Mind walking workshops in the Botanics so, strangely, I do a few less marathon…
Five years ago I made a commitment to do a 20 minute mindfulness walk ever day during my lunch hour at the Botanics. I put…
I don’t have access to a darkroom at home so pre-flashing paper negatives to reduce contrast is difficult. I wondered whether using a piece of…
Why bark if you have a dog? We need to be reminded to let someone else take over and do a job rather than doing…
Finally coming to the end of taking excess holiday allowance. Married Gustaf and Ainsley on Saturday 31st at St Marks Marathon Monk Posts by Date…
I’m teaching myself to make podcasts. Like many things this is harder than I thought but I like learning stuff and the way I force…
On Tuesday 6th February I passed the 100 walks mark when, if I was a real Japanese Marathon Monk, I would have asked formal permission…
This is a quick recording of my thoughts on the Four Nutriments discourse of the Buddha. I had written some notes and couldn’t face typing the…
Another short month as far as marathon monking is concerned. After the Christmas and New Year break took a chunk off the start of the…
I was really losing it at work in the run up to Christmas. No motivation, just staring at the screen or surfing the web. I…
I’m having fun with a couple of mics making some binaural recordings. Here is the first one that is even worth sharing. You need to…
Not quite 500 miles. I had a slow week near the beginning with the virus still coming back occasionally but am now back to 100%.…
A bit of a wipeout month. The first few weeks I went down with a virus that made me very weak. I had my…
September has been a busy busy month with many distractions around running the Project Soothe Exhibition. Rewarding but tiring. As I reached the end…
Quite a month for distractions both good and bad so I’ve only increased my total to 33 days or about 198 miles since starting on the…
I’ve completed the first full calendar month of walking with a break for a week in the English Lake district. I’ve walked 22 days since…
I often hear people say that there are too many people in the world or even that responsible “people” should have fewer children. There is…
How does meditation work? I’m sure there are loads of scientific papers and sutra commentaries on the subject but I have one mundane theory I’d…
Having started on the Summer Solstice I’m going to blog each month to keep track of the progress. Sometimes this might just be posting a…
Just to reiterate I’m not a monk and I’m not running 26.219 mile marathons – which makes the title a bit of lie. I’m walking…
It was 20 years ago today, not that Sgt Pepper taught the band to play but that I submitted my PhD thesis. Of course that…