Stuart Aken's Blog, page 83
March 6, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 06 Mar 21
‘Walking is man’s best medicine.’ Hippocrates The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due to Covid-19. Between us, we might even restore …
Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 15, Celebrity.
The introduction to this series is here. This post looks at Celebrity. What is a celebrity? The SOED defines it thus: A celebrated person; a (popular) public figure. Everybody from the latest moronic fool in some dreadful ‘reality’ TV show to the most well-known and talented performer in any field comes under the umbrella title …
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March 5, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 05 Mar 21
‘We make the path by walking.’ Robert Bly The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due to Covid-19. Between us, we might …
March 4, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 04 Mar 21
‘Walking through this life really is walking through fire.’ Chaka Khan The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due to Covid-19. Between …
March 3, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 03 Mar 21
‘Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.’ Thich Nhat Hanh The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due …
Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 14, Cars.
You’ll find the introduction to this series here. This post looks at Cars. Globally, we humans are wedded to cars, see them as almost a right. As a means of transport, they combine convenience, privacy, flexibility, and some degree of freedom, no matter how artificial that may be. But they come at enormous cost to …
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March 2, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 02 Mar 21
‘A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.’ Paul Dudley White The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world …
March 1, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 01 Mar 21
‘Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.’ Martin Luther King, Jr. The daily shots from the local forest will continue and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. Share on …
February 28, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 28 Feb 21
‘A man’s health requires as many acres of meadow to his prospect as his farm does loads of muck.’ Henry David Thoreau With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. If you share on social media, …
February 27, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 27 Feb 21
‘All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.’ Hal Borland With the daily shot from my local forest, I’m including another shot, not always entirely ‘natural’, to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. If you share on social media, we’ll reach more people stuck indoors …
