Clive James 1939 – 2019 I am not a fan of critics. They create and do nothing apart from criticising. They really don’t mean that much to me. Clive James was a very different critic. He was a creator and criticised that that should be criticised in a way I hadn’t seen until I watched…
The Power of Saying Thank You In the coffee shop, I hold open the door for a man and woman. Both walked in past me, through the door and said nothing. In a building close-by I pressed the elevator to arrive. I politely allowed a woman to walk in before me. She said nothing. Someone…
Some days… I feel like doing nothing. Today is one of those days so I will do nothing or at least it LOOKS like I’m doing nothing. Yet, I believe that doing nothing can give me everything. I also believe doing too much can lose me everything. Let me explain. You might not know this…
The Possible Impossible I will say this about my wife, not only is she the best thing that ever happened to me she has an incredible future vision. When we first met way back in 2009 and I had invited her for dinner she asked me if I would like more children (as I have…
Tbilisi is a city that engages, arouses, shares and reveals many secrets. It is also a city and country that has been through huge identity change. Last summer, my wife and myself left our restored Tbilisi house in the morning to go for a coffee. We walked across our large ‘Ezo’ or yard and then…
The man, the woman, the child, the refugee… THE MIGRANT I am an economic migrant My French descendants moved to Ireland My Irish immigrants moved to Scotland My Scottish family moved to England My English existence is migrant And finally, my Georgian wife Our Scottish, Georgian, English son. We are I Am Migrant There is…
Mike Thalassitis was a young guy like most young guys that wanted a good life. Maybe the problem was his good life was built around the visions of those that design good lives based on sales of their TV show? Maybe his vision and dream had been impregnated by the sights of what others had…
At midnight on any New Year, my parents would always cry out, happy new year and then they would open our rusting steel framed windows to let the old spirit of the year out and the allow new spirit in. I can remember standing there looking for something that would be leaving and entering. I…
I started 2018 with a theme and that theme was to simply, strip back and be more INTUITIVE in my life. It’s been a pretty amazing year I have to say. I stripped a lot of my life back and decided to ask myself more questions. One of my biggest questions was, Am I happy…
