Dr. Johnson’s House
A couple of weeks ago, I took a planning and inspiration day. For inspiration, I took a visit to Dr Johnson’s House, one-time home of Samuel Johnson, the 18th century creator of the famous dictionary, in Gough Square on the edge if the City. Truth be told, there is little of Dr Johnson left in Gough Square. […]
Grey Fox on Outdoor Wear
Grey Fox writes a blog on clothing and style for the, shall we say, “less immature” man. It’s well worth adding to your reading list. I’ve been following, reading (and coveting some fine clothes) for a while now, but this post on the tradition of Great British Outdoor Wear is especially good. The excellent photography was […]
Echoes through time: The pendulum of the mind
“The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) This via Anderson Layman’s blog.
Sleep, feel great again
By beautiful coincidence, I woke this morning feeling great and then read this sage advice from Nicholas Bate: Sleep Until you feel rested. Sleep until you regularly beat the alarm … Sleep as if your health depended upon it. The rest, here.
The joy, power and wonder of reading
… from Nicholas Bate: “… the original not the news article puffery. Read the classics. Read difficult stuff. Read Chaucer in the original and imagine a world without the sound bite. Spend days in a good library, pulling books from shelves and reading deep, deep …”
Improve your #writing
This via Kurt at Cultural Offering: