New year - new blog? |
Last year the USA got a new President who hopes to close Guantanamo Bay, Abdelbasset Ali Al Megrahi was sent home to Libya to die, the Big Greeen Gathering was cancelled and I never found time (or the...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:41:00 GMT |
Perils of low temperature washing |
Many washing machines and washing powders as well as green lyfestyle advice pages in magazines, newspapers etc advocate low temperature washing to save the planet by reducing household emissions but. ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:03:00 GMT |
Aluminium cans and native peoples |
A long time ago Winona la Duke of the Chippawa nation (later to be a Vice Presidential running mate in a USA election) and Herb Blatchford a Navajo Korean veteran came to Scotland to oppose ...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:32:00 GMT |
Mind Dynamics |
As far as I can remember Mind Dynamics was a sort of pyramid selling 'improve your life and health' set of tecniques sold in the late 1960's early 1970's at up market venues. Founded by Alexander Ever...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:47:00 GMT |
Herodotus on Hemp and a facial peel? |
From book 4 of the Histories
'And now for the vapour-bath: on a framework of three sticks, meeting at the top, they stretchpieces of woollen cloth, taking care to get the joints as per...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:49:00 GMT |
Open letter to Sir Richard Dannett |
Dear Sir Richard Dannat,As to me honouring squaddies the answer is 'Sorry No' partly because they are participating in an unjust war (under your direction but at the behest of a vote in the House of C...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:45:00 GMT |
Third Lanark football team Tour to South America 1923 |
On 16th May 1923 my Grandfather John Wilson Hendry set out for the Argentine by train. Of his 22 companions one Jack Mitchell was a juvenile and there were two ladies Miss Reid and Mrs Mitchell. The t...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:41:00 GMT |
Pure Land Buddhist talk on Arunchal Pradesh at SolFest |
There was a Pure Land Buddhist nun from Leicester in the Healing area at Solfest (great little Festival near Aspatria, Cumbria). She spoke about the Theravadan Buddhists of Arunchal Pradesh (formerly ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:46:00 GMT |
One Straw revolution Fukoaku method |
Fukoaku's classic book tells everyone to abandon modern agriculture and its destructive methods and poisons, and return to the richer heritage of working closely and simply with th...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:16:00 GMT |
Feeling left out by all this sufi buddhist stuff? |
Try www.hinduwebsite.com
Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:38:00 GMT |
