You can teach yourself to be a risk-taker - http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170606-you-can-teach-yourself-to-be-a-risk-taker
Rafael Nadal celebrates 31st birthday at Roland Garros
Happy birthday Rafa! http://wp.me/p29rHj-bEj
That Adorable Soggy Doggy Look
Cute Face via Cute Face — The Cuteness is Real
We are all storytellers
This article, and a myriad of others, posits that telling our own stories is difficult, filled with obstacles and obstructions. Nonsense. Every one of us has inherited the gift of storytelling - ever since we first uttered a sound or word to others around us on the great plain. Mothers have told stories to their …
The end of magic & marvel
It breaks my spirit and my heart to know that the circus, with its colour, grand animal acts, and death-defying feats is shutting down. It seems that every corner of society is under attack by those whose agendas are underlined by a false sense of altruism. A minority of individuals, who have gone to great …
There’s no one way to Grieve
A superb commentary on how each of us, in our own way, at our own pace, deals with and copes with grief, and accepts, or doesn't accept the loss of a loved one. After losing my father last year, I too continue to 'sort out' and 'dig deep' to find a place where his absence …
BBC News: In pictures: The long road from Scotland to Russia
The kind of story I appreciate most - real people and places, real life. In pictures: The long road from Scotland to Russia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39882616
Hedgehogs
In Part One I explained the background to my having three hedgehogs in a pen in my back garden. Here I shall tell you about the time they spent here. First we need proper introductions. When they arrived back to me they had been marked with nail varnish which was difficult to see especially from […] …
Spring Green
green light from the birch lampposts luminosity of growth via Go — leaf and twig
Culture Wars & Appropriation
I understand the power imbalance of different groups, I get it, but I also support and encourage creativity, imagination and the power of storytelling. These traits belong to all humans, and I am of the opinion that we have evolved as a species through the borrowing, bartering and yes, the bastardization of cultural and social …
The Northern Herper 
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