Tea & the Art of Life Management
One of the little luxuries I allowed myself on a recent visit to San Francisco was a visit to Samovar Tea Lounge on Yerba Buena Gardens. Tea seems to be taking over from coffee with the hip young things of Silicon Valley just now so it was nice to see this little video with Leo […]
Focus delivering as mindfulness practice
I’ve just finished reading a book by Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh called ‘The Miracle of Mindfulness’ and his idea about being able to use pretty much any activity as meditation practice got me thinking. Today I had to deliver a couple of hundred Focus leaflets for Dundee Lib Dem PSPC Alison Burns […]
Health & Safety Gone Mad….
The Daily Mail – a newspaper that seems to be obsessed with immigration, Princess Diana and Health & Safety regulations. I’ve tried for years to get my mother-in-law to replace her trusted Daily Mail with another paper but have always failed miserably. However saying that I was delighted to see that Lord Young’s soon to […]
Why I’m Voting for Tim Farron
The Liberal Democrats are currently choosing their new President and you couldn’t move at the conference in Liverpool without being asked to support Susan Kramer, Tim Farron or Jennie Rigg. My initial thoughts were that Susan was a serious if perhaps too London-centric politician, that Tim might not be able to commit the time required […]
James Taylor announced as Mid Scotland & Fife candidate
I can now announce that I have been voted by Lib Dem members as one of the seven candidates on the Mid Scotland & Fife regional list for the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections. Former MP for Dunfermline & West Fife Willie Rennie took the top place while Fife councillor Tim Brett was number two on […]