When I sit down to write my Morning Thoughts I have no idea what will pop into my mind or the route my thoughts will take. My diary entries simply record what is on my mind and reference many years of personal knowledge, insight and experience. I also like to keep them brief; they are not essays after all!
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Gentle Morning?
Tea then cappuccino then coffee. Are my morning’s dull and predictable? That is a possibility, but I quite like them anyway.
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Free from Rage?
I feel guilty about my thoughts this morning, but this is my diary so I ought to record how I feel. I have had a week more-or-less free from the rage of a person who has one foot in an alternative reality, and I have felt free and less anxious as a result.
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Open-plan Lifestyle?
Living alone I sometimes think that perhaps wanting two ‘reception’ rooms is extravagant. But why? Whether it is one person or four, you can still want two reception rooms.
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Summer Savouries?
Summer has returned! My thoughts turn to great summer days of not so long ago, with me eating savouries in the garden, reading a book, writing this or just lazing in the warmth. If only I could do that now…
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Marching Trees!
The weather is better this morning but despite that some of the plants in my garden are suffering. The wind has been relentless for some weeks now. I came to think about trees, and how they ‘migrate’ in the face of human climate change.
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Economising!
This morning I am reflecting on my life as a pensioner on a low income. I am learning to live within my means but this is not the life I expected to enjoy when I was younger. The No.1 problem? Being a private tenant.
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University for Life?
Following on from yesterday I came to think that it would be a good idea if a university education was for life. In general, when we leave university we become cut-off from latest thinking, academic journals and cutting-edge debate. Sometimes our job can ensure we continuosly update ourselves using the foundation and tools that university…
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Egocentric Worldview?
My mind, as it so often does, made an unusual and unexpected connection this morning. A phrase used by Nick Clegg triggered memories of a Psychology module that formed part of my postgraduate studies in 2004. Are you egocentric, homocentric or biocentric? And is that important?
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Bland Tomatoes!
A lot of thought on my mind this morning. I wonder why that happens? Anyway, I found myself reminded of some quite nice tomatoes purchased at the weekend, and how factory farming and supermarkets have reduced choice.
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Play. Repeat.
It is not unusual for a song to pop into my head – from where I know not – and which sometimes nags until I actually play it. But this morning’s song is unusual: a 14-minutes epic that I have played at least once a year since 1975, and which is just as relevant now…
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Blissful Retirement?
April showers continue for a 6th. day but I am enjoying retirement, dull though it might appear to an observer.
