Less Effort Equals More Effect
As the super sleuths amongst you may notice, this is my first blog since Chelsea Flower Show. I have occasionally wondered why and not really concluded anything. I wondered if subconsciously it felt like rather […]
Unplugged
Brethern asks us to visit our hearts
L: Hello Brethern, you said it was a matter of urgency? B: Yes, we are detecting a degree of debilitating discomfort amongst you (all) and we want to dispel it and continue as smoothly as […]
Beautiful Brethern
Please excuse the lack of preamble to the latest excerpts from my ‘Brethern (see left) exchanges’ but a friend has gently insisted that I should share and post them; they actually need little introduction – […]
Department of Ahoyment's New Pirate Charter
Do not paint your parrot blue and grey. It is inauthentic, misleading and sticks their feathers together. Thou must not walk on the water. Live life with a sense of joy and wander Thou must […]
A Wood Fast and Paralympics Heart
If you go down to the woods today… “You’re doing a Wood Fast?” asked my brother, “do you mean Wood Fest?” referring to the numerous summer festivals I have recently covered for the media. “Nope, […]
In between the Olympics and Paralympics, meet the Olym-pigs
In between the Olympics and the Paralympics, I am delighted to introduce the Olym-pigs. I have the honour of looking after the three Gold medalists as they rest after their 'sizzling' performances at the 2012 Olympig […]
Howard Marks to light Olympic Cauldron
Whilst contributing to Radio Wales's Phone-in programme with Mai Davies today, I was asked who I thought should light the Olympic Cauldron tonight. Other guests suggested Sir Steve Redgrave and Sebastian Coe and listeners rang […]
Steeds of Change
“If you don’t ride the wave of change, you’ll find yourself beneath it.” Pretty good advice for a pirate. And it resonates with the spankingly swift, freaky-beaky energy that swirls around us at the moment. It’s […]
Feeling stuck? Brethern explains why.
Hi Brethern; I feel compelled to talk to you … no specific request or question even but a sense of discomfort and disquiet has prompted me to check in with you.B: Hello to you too. […]
To err is human, to 'arr' is pirate
Ahoy me Hearties, time for a little ‘pirate prate’ from the Department of Ahoyment. Appropriate reference to ‘me Hearties’ in the wake of Venus’s Transit, I think, as affairs of the heart seem to be […]