Being Alone – Bliss or Nightmare?
Found this on Facebook. Resonated immediately. I have always loved Carl Jung, his perceptions of collective consciousness and his experience of dying from “Memories, Dreams, Reflections”, was illuminating. Here’s what Eckhart Tolle has to say, “”If you cannot be at ease with yourself when alone, you will seek a relationship to cover up your unease.…
Flying in your dreams? You should read this!
I am not particularly clever. I have almost no qualifications. I have never studied anything in depth. My only consolation is that Winston Churchill also claimed he was a complete duffer at school! I once said, in the presence of my father, “I don’t like working”! Although he smiled forcefully at that moment, he was…
Turning 70
I have always been content with being alone. Being alone and doing nothing. I think this is hard for a lot of people but for me it’s easy. I don’t know where it comes from, it may be a disfunction for all I know. Some buddhists say we are human being not human doing! …
The Inner Garden
There is a period in my life that was extremely significant to me as it was probably one of the happiest times of my life. I say this despite the turbulent relationship I was in with a young woman, her two boys, and later my own wonderful daughter – Emily. I lived for 5 years…
Eulogy for Chris
When I was a boy, about 14 or 15 I fell in love with a girl I met on holiday in Lido di Pomposa, a place in Italy we used to go to for summer holidays. When after 3 weeks it came time to leave, I felt my whole new world was coming apart, that…
Soul Food
I love the outdoor life here in the Perthshire hills, as it keeps me in touch with nature and it’s abundant wildlife. It is a wonderful counterbalance to my sedentary and creative working life which I also love. When I am with my horses all of life’s challenges, work issues and general concerns and worries…
Frodo
We anticipated this for some time but it doesn’t really hit you until time is up! Frodo had been half-hearted about eating anything for some weeks. His back legs were getting weaker by the day and he was finding it hard to do his business. He was by nature discreet about his ablutions, to the…
New Horizons
My wife, Shelley and I live on a medium sized estate in Perthshire with our 2 dogs and 4 horses. We are basically very happy. Our cottage that we rent is high on a hill, remote, and has glorious views. Our dogs are purely domestic and our horses live outdoors all year round in a…
A Friend By My Side
I never had much training and came to horses late in my life. I’m not much of a leader, I love my horses, perhaps a little too much, because I cave to their desires more than I should, But I have fun, and I’m pretty certain they love me too – lots! When I play…
A bolt in the Wild Blue Yonder!
When my Holly was young, if I took her into an open field she became desperate to run. I held her back for a short while but usually opted for letting her get it out of her system, so I gave her her head and she would bolt like a wild animal in mortal danger,…
