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Reflections on Aberfan…
Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster which killed 116 children and 28 adults. I remember, as a teenager, watching the TV pictures of emergency services, miners and local people digging out those trapped… Yesterday the King was there, describing the ‘most tragic of days imaginable…’, 21st October 1966, when mining debris from…
Life’s Jigsaw Puzzle
My wife Rachel usually has a jigsaw puzzle on the go. Visiting family or friends often assist. Yesterday her latest was competed … On a good day my life’s jigsaw puzzle is coming on well. A recognisable picture is forming. New pieces are added, pieces on the side don’t yet fit in, but that’s OK.…
Motorcycles, Sheds, Football, Sparrows…
Robert Pirsig, in ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’, describes two forms of human understanding – the ‘classical’ and the ‘romantic’. A classical understanding sees a world of rules, laws and reason with structure and facts, science and technology; everything’s analysed, controlled and measurable. A romantic understanding sees a world of inspiration, imagination and…
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