The time has passed quickly. Markers of seasons coming and going are evident. The blackcurrants are being harvested. I watch the farmer and his team of 3 people as they comb the bushes with a complicated machine. Hares and foxes that hide in the blackcurrant bushes...

This time a romp through introductory ethics.  A journey of philosphers, doctrines and thinking.  Below is an extract (without bibliography and full author reference details) from my essay on animal ethics and animal rights, and I conclude that animals, as sentient...

We have hit the long haul with winter. When endless dark days and nights prevail. Storms, wind, mud and water.   Ah, but there are green shoots. Lurking under ancient trees, we see the green stems of daffodils popping out. The occasional grey squirrel scurries...

A month ago, the outside area at home became a carpet of brown and orange leaves. Underneath must have lurked small bugs trying to keep dry and warm. Meanwhile, inside our home, under a roof with luscious moss, we have hibernated over weekends. Loving the softness of...

It was 10 days of watching the telly when we could, reading-up on regal traditions, watching the fashion-in-black Royalty and the revival of the United Kingdom of Once-Again Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I am referring to the death of Liz or colloquially Brenda...