Here are a few shots taken from around the place I grew up in Colorado. It’s been a long time since I lived here, but I have never forgotten just how arid and stark it can be. There is a beauty here, but it’s a harsh, unrelenting beauty. The plants are tortured and frail or… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Tags: Colorado, Desert, flickr, Images, images
Category: Images, Perspective No Comments
I’ve always found it difficult to blog about truly emotive things. I might get worked up over a technological failing or annoyed about a political situation, but these things are abstractions: I can hold them out and have a look at them. Something held close to my chest, though? Well, it’s too close for comfort—too… Read More
Friday, September 25th, 2009 Tags: British Heart Foundation, Colorado, Shropshire Geek Society, Shropshire hills
Category: Perspective 5 Comments
Fool’s Gold As a child in Colorado, I have a distant memory of finding a nugget of pure gold, bigger than the tip of my thumb. I instantly became the richest kid in America! I thought I could buy a husky (with a sled) and a Tama Starclassic Birch studio set with a full range… Read More
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Tags: America, Birch studio, coffee, Colorado, disappointment, GBP, hot beverage, microwave, Miele, nespresso, stainless-steel finish, steel, Tama Starclassic, USD
Category: Coffee, Perspective, review 1Comment
Got one of those tagging tasks from Facebook. This is the first one I’ve done, and I thought it was interesting; so I thought’ I’d post it here. Feel free to do one of your own and ping back here: To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions… Read More
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 Tags: Colorado, Facebook
Category: Perspective 2 Comments
Jacqui Smith’s New Immigration Measures are a pointless Gesture…
Technorati Tags: immigration,UK Politics,politics,USA,trans-atlantic,interesting Blogging about politics can be a bit of a mixed bag, so we’ll see how it goes. I want to avoid polarising talk, tabloid tactics, and FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). Instead, I’d like to discuss the latest raft of changes which seek to make immigrants ‘more British’ before offering them… Read More
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Tags: BBC, Belgium, Britain, Colorado, commentator, Digital, Domenico Depalo, editorial, European Union, Finsbury Park mosque, Franco Peracchi, GBP, Gordon Brown, Gordon Brown's government, headlines and controversial fundamentalist cleric, Home Secretary, horrible, ideas, immigration, immigration services, Jacqui Smith, London, National Statistics Office, OECD, politics, Radio 4, test site, The Star, the Times, United Kingdom, United States
Category: Topical 21 Comments