Blog – Colin Anderson

Walkable Towns?

This morning I am waiting for a much-needed grocery delivery, which triggered a train of thought about walkable towns – and how good they would be for our physical and mental health, sociability and economy. But its only a dream…

Crashing Curtains!

Sometimes trivial things can get you down. Yesterday I went from being pleased with myself to tearful in seconds, just because a pair of curtains – and the pole and fixings – came crashing to the ground.

Mortality & Home

I was born in Newton Abbot hospital and I was reminded this morning of a thought from some years ago about wanting to live there. Not the hospital, but a flat that my old maternity ward was converted into. Does that seem strange?

Gas, Lies & Jolly Japes

These days it feels like every day is All Fool’s Day, as so many people are fooled by preposterous but strangely believable lies. Today I am celebrating, but in a very low-key manner.

The Fire Brigade, clay mines & a Volkswagen Beetle: what is the connection?

I recently came across a photograph I took in 1977 of a fire appliance, which immediately triggered memories of Newton Abbot Fire Brigade, the nearby clay mines – and why my father owned a Volkswagen Beetle. There was a powerful link between these seemingly disparate elements.

Nervous Sleep!

This morning I have dry, heavy, sore eyes – a symptom common in my working life and which I attributed to getting up unnaturally – when a clock said so rather than when my body. I am glad those days are over, but every now and again they return…