Is always reconciliation possible? My father’s father left home when my own father was a baby. Never once in almost 20-years did he see tor have any contact with his father. One day in a working man’s pub in Edinburgh a man that knew my father shouted for him to come over. The man was…

Life Is Never Lost December 25th, 2009, I woke up in the tiniest room of the tiniest house I had ever lived in. The house built from handcrafted red clay brick was around 200 plus years old. Many a person had travelled through each room before I had arrived. Before me, I imagined the previous…

The writer and author, Alan Forrest Smith explains his inspirations and the ideas for writing a new Christmas story, The Little Angel And The Last Christmas. Listen below. 6 minutes to listen.

Recreating Your Life – What If What If, I walked away from everything. What would happen? How do I access my superpowers to do the things I never thought I could do before? Do I have superpowers to deliberately recreate the life I want? Listen to the conversation with the author and writer Alan Forrest…

Deliberate Recreation 1. Is there a 4th dimension in action in our daily lives? I think there is. I know there is yet for most that is uncomfortable thinking that there can be more than what we can see and hear. Yet With the wind in your face you know the wind is there but…

A Family Reshaped A happy life after divorce recovery. Yesterday I was reminded of something I now feel I might have been forgetting. Let me explain. Family can be your greatest friends. They can also become your worst enemies. Divorce forces a detachment from what was and creates a new blank screen that has to…

I am a man I am a father I am a man And as a man I am strong I am powerful I am knowing of my own manliness When I rise each day I am sure of whom I am I know what I can become I know my strength I understand my understanding…

The Man That Couldn’t Love – Short Story AFS There’s a man that is old. The man is lonely. He is the man that couldn’t love. He had children and never loved them. He had a wife and never loved her. He had a father that he never loved. He loved his mother but his…

The photo above: this is the shed I wrote my first book in the hills of Bonny Doon, California. My dad keeps saying he wants to write a book. He told me he wants his history on paper so all of his family can know about his life and their connected history. For example, he wanted to…

The Zoomanic Trance Continues It took me 53 years to cast my very first vote. It has taken me 54 years to realise and understand why not voting or remaining neutral to voting served me as a human so well. First Humanity is in a state of internal flux yet the purpose of humankind is…

Altrincham – From Dead To Deliberate Recreation In 1984 I started working in a hairdressing salon called Cliche in a town named Altrincham. I hated it. The owner named Dean was from Paris and he was nuts. Not only did he walk with a limp, have a large bolt that was always visible through tight…

Donald Trump Loves Coal – Dirty Bastard! A true story! One thing that always stood out for me as a young child of around seven was this. We had just moved from Scotland to England. Dad was there before us as he had started a new job in the Prison services. We drive south, headed…

The Bully & The Regime When I first moved from Scotland to England I was bullied. Not for any other reason apart from I sounded different to the English kids. My parents thought it would be a good idea for me and my brother to go Ju-Jitsu. We did and not only did I claim…

What’s your human value? You passport determines your value as a human being. Let me explain. I watched a detailed documentary about migrants and refugees. They looked at the movement of people from a different angle and it made me think. First, the word migrant or migration. What and why? Think about it why do…

Observations Monday It’s Monday and it’s sunny thank God. After coffee, we walked over to the post office to send over a couple of parcels we sold on eBay. I admit we do sell a lot of stuff on eBay and why not. I have sold things minutes after posting on eBay. After coffee, we…

I’m drinking coffee more coffee and thinking… We woke up. The boiler is broke, the apartment is cold so it’s a coffee shop morning. Don’t get me wrong we do this everyday but today is two coffees rather than one because Thursday holds something for me I used to fight. It’s this. Thursday would always…

Notes from Italy & Beyond I mentioned some time ago I was doing an experiment. The experiment is called my deliberate recreation. The idea is to evaluate life and all things in life. Identify what doesn’t work in life and then make the changes that are needed. That doesn’t mean fixing things that can also…

The Republic Of Trump (formerly known as America) I don’t ever remember a time when one man was spoken of so negatively on a global scale. Some of it I understand. Look after America before we look after others – ‘healer heal thyself’ And it’s easy to judge the judged without them actually delivering anything.…

George Michael is Dead. I won’t pretend I am shocked. I loved what George Michael stood for. He came across as anti hero yet was a hero. I never liked popcorn music of Wham although they penetrated every summer party for years in the 80s Then when he revealed his real talent through his solo…

Is Old Age Dead? At 104 years old he works 7-days a week and loves it. Gives over 150 lectures and stands for the full 90-minutes to keep him self-strong. He believes that his daily well-being comes from feeling good and nothing more. He also stays those that live long and never overweight. He finished…