Blind light

When Mark Chapman read out my email last Monday evening and described it as really, really good, my head metaphorically exploded. I regard Chappers as the finest sports broadcaster of his generation. After carefully reassembling my head over the next day or two my good friend Patrick then informed me that my comments had made…

Meditation is an important part of my daily life. The idea of rewiring the brain so that it gets away from identifying too much with thought. A key phrase in meditation is to just begin again. Whenever the old records start playing again in your mind, just accept and park them, and begin again. This…

I believe I am a better person since mam died three years ago. Less angry, getting on better with my two brothers, more caring to those around me. I believe in the spirits of dead people, the idea that they stay with you to some degree after they go. The funeral service for Dave Wallace…

I received a message this morning from my good friend Patrick, also known as the King of Staines, informing me that my comments regarding Arsenal and Rory McIlroy had made the BBC sports webpage. Excited, delighted and absolutely chuffed!

My two favourite radio stations are BBC 5 live and BBC World Service. Probably my favourite program is something called the Monday Night Club. It is usually presented by Mark Chapman and he discusses football with three guests. Often they open the program with an email from a listener. Last night that email was from…

My old guitar teacher regularly told me that I was not ready to tackle Cavatina. I now realise why he said that to me. I started learning it close on six years ago, around the same time that my friend Michael died. Today I managed to play it at full speed for the first time.…

I first met Dave Wallace in the year 2000. It was my first year of Skiing in a place called Mayrhofen, Austria. I spent much of that week on my backside however I was hooked. For the next 20 years Skiing was a big part of my life and so was Mr Wallace. Dave took…

Lately, I have been taking a minute or two of silence every day in order to observe what goes on in my mind. I think it is fair to say that a lot is going on there. Random thoughts come and go all the time. The mind never stays quiet for too long. It is…

Music, meditation, food and drink. Kicking off with Music I still practice my Guitar several hours a day. I have made it to 30 pieces in my repertoire and there is now a pub outlet to play in every six weeks. My main ambition in life is still to become the worlds leading Vision impaired,…

I started skiing in the year 2000. For the next 20 years it was a big part of my life. A few years ago I started to lose interest, probably because of my increased desire to spend more time on music related matters. I have made many very good friends from skiing and had some…