“Some thoughts only make sense once you write them down.”
These notes are a collection of thoughts, memories and observations. Some are about work, family and the people I have met along the way, others about the places I have lived, the ocean and sustainability.
Every week brings something different: a memory, something I have seen, a question I cannot quite answer, or a thought that turns up while I am out walking with my dogs. There are no fixed subjects and no lessons to take away, just ideas I thought were worth writing down.
Below you'll find the collection. I hope something in there is worth your time.
Borrowed time
The things we cannot make strong
Selective amnesia
Every stamp a layer
You don't get to keep the baton
Colouring outside the lines
Wing Chun Kung Fu
2 billion tonnes
A boy's answer to a teacher's question
Why should I care, the earth will be fine
Supply, demand, and a melting candy
Conny van Rietschoten
Sustainability needs realism to work, part II
The breakfast club
The Earth's savings account, part II
The sound of silence
Lost in translation
Half a knot is never just half a knot
"When the phone was tied with a wire, humans were free”