Well, what a year…I’ve been working from home since March 12th 2020. My car (company vehicle) is currently doing 8 months to the gallon. Apart from a holiday in the summer in Applethwaite near Keswick (where I never left that house) I’ve not been anywhere apart from local 1km doggy walks.
If it wasn’t for Bells whisky (other whiskies are available) and AC/DC (other bands are available)
😂😂😂
I might have gone insane!!!
P.s do Amazon Prime do liver transplants? Asking for a friend…
I’m sure it was about 1984. Maybe on the John Peel show, I first heard The Smiths. I rushed to The Eldon Centre and HMV to buy the album the next day.
I was a naive not very well travelled Mackem. Fit meant you could run the 100 metres in less than 11 seconds. Wally Range was an estate that thickos lived.,,
I saw The Smiths twice at Newcastle Mayfair, well, once really, punk hadn’t ‘officially’ finished so spitting was the order of the day…On my second concert someone spat at Morrissey . He said if anyone spits again he’ll leave the stage. 0.002 seconds later. Yep…you’ve guessed it…
I then moved to Bolton and worked in Manchester in 1988. I eventually got my head around the vocabulary – fit had nothing to do with your bench pressing ability.
The poetry of Morrissey sings to me. I know it’s not for everyone.
I’ll never stop admiring and liking him…
Music
I’m as thick as mince…however I’ve always to try to work the world out…
Alan Watts is helping…
Been in the photographic doldrums for ages.
My neighbour bought an old motorbike. Thought….hmm, might be an interesting photographic subject…
So here you go…
Many years ago a person that reported to me said that she was being sexually harassed by my Manager. I reported that fact, completely objectively to HR. Unsurprisingly, given his ‘power’ I was made redundant 4 weeks later. I immediately submitted an ET1. Luckily my wife is an HR Director so guided me through the process. I wouldn’t retract my statements therefore that was that particular ‘career’ over…I lost my job, my report kept her dignity. Eventually after 18 months and a lot of stress, a settlement was reached. Don’t trust any HR (I know, I live with one) – it’s all subterfuge, lies, propaganda and ‘Smiling Assassins’. I stuck to my principles. I always will. You sometimes lose in the material world, however in your moral world. You win. And you can’t buy that.
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread.
John Muir
Ada McGrath: What a death! What a chance! What a surprise! My will has chosen life! Still it has had me spooked and many others besides!
The Piano
Christopher McCandless: Some people feel like they don’t deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.
Into The Wild
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.” – Christopher McCandless
Into The Wild
“The more you live in the present moment the more the fear of death disappears”
Sam Harris
George Orwell – 1984
Andrew Chaiken – A Man On The Moon – The Voyages Of The Apollo Astronauts
Ant Middleton – The Fear Bubble
Douglas Murray – The Strange Death Of Europe
Douglas Murray – The Madness Of Crowds
Charles Bukowski – Ham On Rye
Charles Bukowski – Factotum
Charles Bukowski – Post Office
Charles Bukowski – Women
Viktor E. Frankl – Man’s Search For Meaning
Eckhart Tolle – A New Earth
Napoleon Hill – Think And Grow Rich
Richard Carlson – Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer – The Power Of Intention
Eckhart Tolle – The Power Of Now
Esther and Jerry Hicks – Ask And It Is Given
Photographed a different Becky recently…
So, if anyone is interested in modelling, give me a shout, I don’t bite…(well, not too hard…)
Had some great shoots with Becky recently…
Can’t wait to do some more…
She’s very easy to photograph and doesn’t need much direction…
I keep a list of Maxims that motivate or guide me…
Maintain the highest standards of self discipline in all aspects of daily life
Preparation is the key to success !
P.R.I.D.E.
Perserverence, Responsibility, Integrity, Determination, Excitement.
Engage in the never ending pursuit of excellence
What is it today that tomorrow I will wish I had done yesterday ?
As a man thinketh, then so shall he be
The road to Nirvana is not big and safe, but narrow and steep, but if you walk only on sunny days, you’ll never reach your destination
A balanced life takes discipline
Make the best of what you’ve got, where you are, now
Good timber does not grow with ease, the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees
The meeting of preparation with opportunity produces the offspring we call luck
For every disciplined effort there is multiple reward
Whether you believe you can do something, or believe you can’t … you’re right !
Use it or lose it
Failure is not defeat, just a little more experience
It is a foolish man who professess to be wise
Train hard … fight easy
The only people without problems are those in graves.
Discover a journey, travel it … for this is all that there is
Action dispels fear…
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something else.
If you don’t have problems, you will never be the person who overcame them.
“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
“The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.”
“Success is a matter of a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. Failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”
“To change one’s life:
Start immediately.
Do it flamboyantly.
No exception.”
-William James
“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
-Fr. Alfred D’Souza
“If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.” Don Ward
“You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.” – Wayne Dyer
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
“Everything we experience—no matter how unpleasant—comes into our lives to teach us something.” — Iyanla Vanzant
“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” Thomas Edison
Calm, confident, never hesitate
