More on Plastic, with Richard Thompson

This week I caught the bulk of a topic on Radio 4 regarding Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson. Thompson is a Professor of Marine Biology, “his work on plastics in cosmetics led to a UK ban on micro-beads in shower gels and exfoliating scrubs [something I have blogged about before]. And he advised government to ban single use plastic bags from supermarkets.” [Continue reading]

The cost of war…

I’m pretty sure I had a post referring to two proposed building projects (tunnels/bridges) with price tags of £100 million each;  like that was a figure they throw on anything. Anyway, I can’t find the details, but here are some more… [Click here to continue reading]

Lenormand, yes or no?

After taking possession of a deck of Lenormand cards earlier this year I’ve continued to have fun with them, or let’s say, employ them on a regular basis. First I did a 36-day challenge which I blogged about previously. Towards the end of that my cards had some down-time; it was like I had drained them or something, a concept I had only really heard about with regards to crystals that you supposedly need to ‘recharge’. I then had some time away travelling and I decided not to take the cards with me (I didn’t feel ‘drawn to them’ during this time). Gradually after my return I’ve been using them more though and mainly with regards to Yes/No questions and what follows is how I do that. [Continue reading here]

Razor LOL

I had just got finished watching a documentary on Youtube about mass consumerism and then MSN throws up an ad for a razor blade trial set for £3.95… you know, the face-shaving kind, for men... [Continue reading here]

Humpty Dumpty, a failed Orchid?

Prior to me discovering and writing about the concept of Dandelions and Orchids for my previous two posts, I had been putting together this topic about Humpty Dumpty. Why? you might ask. Well, the nursery rhyme had shown up for me a few times in close succession and I was trying to relate it to something more meaningful... [Read the full post here]

Orchid or a Dandelion – Pt.2 – Thriving

As I began to explain in my previous post, the introduction to this topic, I’m considering now, with the perspective of hindsight (because I didn’t recognise these things back then) that my own childhood began with bereavement-induced stress, but there were other stresses too, leading me to be what Dr Tom Boyce might label as an Orchid child, and now as an adult, simply an Orchid. [You can read the full post here]

Orchid or Dandelion – Pt.1 – Which are you?

This is the first in a sequence of posts for which I have titled “Orchid or Dandelion” but becomes more about the former throughout the series and includes other concepts also. So let’s begin. [Read the full post here]