Recording my life in diaries and photographs, from heady days as a student in London in the 1970’s via a career in housing, energy & climate change to a pensioner on a low income today. I am lucky to have a gained a great deal of knowledge, experience and insight – and I like to share!

  • From perfect sleep to perfect tea – and coffee?

    A rare perfect 100 sleep quality score! For some reason I feel more pleased with myself over something that might seem trivial than perhaps I should be. Prior to Withings making changes to the way the score is calculated, which was about a year ago, perfect scores were relatively common; this is the first such score under the new metrics, which have refined things somewhat to take into account not just the quantity of light, deep and REM sleep, but heart-rate variability and many other factors. I do not see it as trivial and, apart from anything else, it has introduced a feel-good factor into my morning.

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50 YEARS OF PHOTOS

No.15: Moulin Rouge!

October 1990: A quiet afternoon on the Moulin Rouge set @ Hollywood. Rena feet-up on a bench outside! Picture taken with Canon 450D & scanned in RAW/HDR.

So who is Colin Anderson?

A Devonian with stories to tell and a love of history, science, philosophy, environment, & entertainment.

An increasing number of people I know are either down the rabbit hole or caught in its event horizon, which I find distressing. I prefer the real world and, like a frantic sponge, I cannot help but soak up knowledge, insight & quality.

Which I like to share…

USA 2016 travelogue

Scotland 2022 travelogue