ECHOES OF THE ROAD

Various electric pulses rattle through the pink sponge network. The pulses of thoughts: fears, hopes, regrets, anticipation - running randomly. Like a flock of starlings in the evening sky preparing to roost  Observing the random interplay - the speed, strength and direction is enjoyable and frustrating in equal measure. There are fleeting moments where the flock of the thoughts seem to have uniformity only to vanish again. Individual birds continue to work finding their role and be a matter of time before there is uniformity as the flock works as one. Only then will the bird brain be fully engage.

Why do people collect? I have a passing curiosity as to why people collect things. It is often with some amusement to see the extent individuals and groups of people go to in building up their collection of  anything & everything from rocks to records from cars to cassettes. Not being much of a keeper stuff I have viewed them as collectors of ‘what ever’, and, I have to say, with some amusement. Like lots of people I have a collection of CD’s and books that I am reluctant to dispose of through sentimental attachment. Some of the attachment is those living in the moment experiences that I find are fleeting. There are handful of novels and albums that define those moments and remain sharp in my memory but I don’t go out of my way to add to it like some stamp collector. I am definitely not one of those nerds who continuously amass what ever collections - I am happy in my normality. Hang on! Hold your horses! What about… …On December 28th 1984 I visited the Argos store in Leeds and...

‘Rivit’ say the 8.2 billion frogs in the cooking pot. Most of the frogs rivit quietly getting on with their lives. But sensing the warming pot, some of the little frogs rivit a little louder saying there’s a problem. The big frogs come together and agree yes indeed it looks like there is a problem. But after a while it dawns on some of the big frogs that stopping the pot from warming is going to be uncomfortable for them and that won’t do. They croak loudly, calling out the little frogs for scare mongering and assuring all the frogs in the pot there is nothing to worry about. Meanwhile the flame underneath the cooking pot burns ever more fiercely.  The push for collective action on climate change is often stymied by the way individualistic and profit-driven interests dominate, especially when a handful of powerful organizations and individuals hold such significant influence. Economic measures like carbon adjustment taxes and the development of circular economies are steps in the r...