Archive for July, 2009
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Update on the Blog
With the encouragement of friends, I started this blog in May of 2007 with a view to putting up a blog item every week on matters that I believe might be of interest to those who check the blog. There are now more than 100 items on the blog.
Comments Off - Posted in Communications by Christopher
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
The Dark Side of Brighton
My grandson and I went to Brighton, 75 kilometres south from London, a holiday town on Britain’s south coast, famous for clubbing, partying, barbecues on the beach, recently for a couple of days arriving at Brighton railway station around 22.30 on a Friday.
Comments Off - Posted in Environment, Social and Political by Christopher
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
10 Novels
Dharma friends sometimes ask me whether I read novels and are there any novels that I would recommend. I do read novels. Here is a reply I sent recently in response to one request for good books. There is a wealth of fine literature. Mercifully, internet can encourage good reading rather than distract from it.
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
In the spirit of Gandhi
It takes courage and a quiet determination to follow in the Gandhian footsteps of starting a long fast to give support to a very worthwhile cause.
Tim Martin is one such person. Director of the human rights group, Act Now, Tim undertook a fast in May in London to put pressure on the Sri Lankan government [...]
