Eloge de la Jachère – English Translation
JL: Rather than write a simple critique, I am trying to do 3 things. First, I am trying to provide better access to the story for English speakers, whose French…
Self-meaning is the meaning we give our own lives and in their own terms, as experience. For example, my family means much to me. Self- and Social-meaning are two sides of the same coin – see below.
Comments by John Long on a Model Theory of Consciousness by Nick Collins
NC is a tennis club mate - sometimes partner and sometimes opponent. Hopefully, the same relationship will hold for exchanges, appearing in this post. I am reading his blog to…
Kiss of Venus
We are trying to use art to help give meaning to our lives. We might be minded then to consider a bit more what art is? Not so much to…
Personality Tests – a Starting Point
As a trained psychologist, I am aware of the pros and cons of personality testing. They almost certainly reveal some aspects of a person, but not others. Their level of…
TourdeB
CP Tour of Britain 2021 Introduction Many familiar names from the Grand Tours, including André Greipel, Richie Porte, Mark Cavendish and Tony Martin, were riding in the 17th Tour of…
Vuelta 2021
CP 1. GT debutant Tom Pidcock has so far been anonymous in the Vuelta, which offers the prospect of a real race in the final week after hot favourite Primoz…
Tour de France 2021
CP TdeF 2021 To Blog or not to Blog The answer to the subject question came on day 1. Calamitous crashes effectively put paid to the chances of leading contenders…
Eloge de la Jachere
This text was written in March 2020 and initially published in Gros Gris magazine in January 2021 ( https://grosgris.fr/ ) Glandue. Ce mot, je l'ai très souvent entendu pendant mon enfance. Désignant…
Clay Tiles by BBF
Introduction BBF - I started a new hobby, to round out my days. Clay relief tiles. This is the 1st - I started it earlier today. Don’t laugh - it…
Haiku for Beginners
Dr <DD> got me going on this.......he is a bit of a dab hand, as you can read. I am, on the other hand, very much a beginner.....I am not…
CP BioBook
This is a post (!) modern (that is, non-linear) memoir (or autobiography) of CP. The life categories of CP are nevertheless ordered by decade. They can be accessed independently of…
A Political Ping Pong Exchange between Unlikeminded Cousins and Others
INTRODUCTION BREMAIN/BREXIT EXCHANGE https://www.facebook.com/john.long.73550794/posts/2213357368701040https://www.facebook.com/home.php Dear John Long, The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU.”. Government responded: You’re receiving this email because…
‘Life at GW’ by Cousin P
Cousin P and I have little or nothing in common except some early shared family experiences and and our tertiary education. The former consisted of very jolly Xmas and family…
Posters’ M4A Progress Report – 20, May, 2019
POSTERS’ M4A PROGRESS REPORT - 20, MAY, 2019 From time to time, when they feel the urge, RR and MH call a Blogsite Progress Review Meeting (BPRM). The idea is to…
Dialogue of the Death?
DIALOGUE OF THE DEATH? SP and MH have known each other on and off since the early ‘70s, when both were researchers in C. Their relationship has many aspects –…
She Flew Through the Air……….
CHORUS:She'd fly through the air with the greatest of easeA daring young girl on the flying TrapezeHer movements were graceful, all boys she could please That Daring Young Girl on…
Hooray! It’s Tuesday
To-day is Tuesday - all day and there is one a week. I should be so lucky. What's all the fuss? Here's my plan for a Tuesday morning at least:…
See You up the Road M.!
M. was a very good cyclist and a keen long-term member of the 40+ Club, with which he rode regularly once or twice a week. He was overqualified with…
Living a Culinary Dream in France – the Texan Way
Our names are James and Becky Fischer. We are an American couple from Texas. We have been married for a few years now and in our late fifties/early sixties (guess…
What My Second Home Means to Me
HH, who lives in the USA, expresses what his second home in France, means to him. Clearly, a case of self-meaning. HH and BC met in Auzon last summer and…