Why horses can teach us so much about love
She trotted over to me and stood quietly, untied, while my fingers disappeared into the long, winter-thick fur. I scrubbed out a few patches of dried mud, breaking it into powder. I massaged her back, her neck, her mane, her ears. Checked her feet for stones and her long, feathered heels for bugs and skin [...]
A spiritual slap in the face – by a butterfly
I hardly ever go to our local church other than for the usual hatches, matches, and despatches. I have never been religious and usually call myself an agnostic. I probably still do. But two things have happened in my local village church in recent years that have made me think. One was in the summer [...]
20 top alternative predictions for life 100 years from now
January always brings the clairvoyants out of the woodwork and this year we owe gratitude for both inspiration and humor to the BBC’s online magazine, with their recent compilation of 20 top predictions for life 100 years from now as sent in by loyal readers. Here they are, in brief, along with my own interpretations [...]
A million milestone for BirdsOnTheBlog
Here’s yet another milestone for us to celebrate here on BOTB: a grand total of a million page views in one six-month period. For the mathematically minded, that’s around 167,000 page views a month, around 38,460 a week, around 5,480 a day, and around 228 per hour. Whatever we have to say, people want to [...]
Why you need to put your money on mobile
As I looked around our living room in a quiet moment during the recent festive season at friends of all ages, despite our being in crusty old Britain I noticed a big difference. Fewer sweet treats? Rationed mince pies? Half-portions of eggnog? Mineral water instead of beer or wine? No, they were all still guzzling [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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