Posted in ANECDOTES on February 28th, 2007 No Comments »
At the end of this month I will be running a weekend retreat near London. There are a few places still available, and if you would like to attend, get in touch. The retreat is free; your only cost will be to stay at the venue £75 per night including dinner, bed and breakfast.
The nature […]
Posted in ARTICLES, Robin on February 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Following on from my last trip down memory lane. I got to thinking about eating more healthily, which isn’t because I am sponsored by Krispy Kreme donuts, and have to eat 12 every day as part of a contractual obligation. It is due in part to the fact that I am on the road a […]
Posted in ARTICLES, Robin on February 21st, 2007 No Comments »
I have five sisters and a mother who is a wizard in the kitchen. Therefore I grew up watching my Mom cook, and usually due to my excellent willingness to assist when she baked a cake I got to lick the bowl.
When I went to university I had a very limited repertoire of dishes I […]
Posted in ANECDOTES on February 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I have just finished reading a book about the Tour De France, an annual bike race that is the most physically demanding sporting event in the world. It is known around the world as the race which Lance Armstrong has won an amazing seven times, after he had overcome advanced testicular cancer. It is the […]
Posted in ANECDOTES on February 13th, 2007 No Comments »
I have been in India for five days now, and will be returning home in two days. During this visit I have been impressed time and time again by the industriousness of the local business people. Especially the street vendors, who sell food, trinkets, tourist gifts, cigarettes, t-shirts, coconut juice in fact anything that may […]
Posted in ANECDOTES on February 5th, 2007 No Comments »
I am off to India tomorrow, to meet my friend Patrick. He and I went to school together. After university, as would be hippies, we hitch hiked from Scotland to Sri Lanka, and on the way stayed for three weeks in Goa in India.
Patrick works for third world charities and spends much of the […]
Posted in ANECDOTES on February 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
I have set the date for my personal retreat as the 24th and 25th of March, 2007 at Latimer House in Buckinghamshire, England.
I try every year to spend time thinking and reflecting, and this year have decided to open it up and make it a two day event. As those who have been following the […]