an ordinary Degree
I gained two ordinary degrees before becoming a specialist. Sian, my wife, has been a General Practitioner in all the time that we have been together. I am now retired … Continue reading an ordinary Degree
Tag: symbolic
incredible shapes
A passage from The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd
Omphalos films
My short films can be found here [the above quote “Shapes, sounds, the energies and acuteness of life,” is from The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd]
There was no time
This is from The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd
She understood
[the full context of this quote can be found in The Quarry Wood]
I like this place
The words are from The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd
annotation by Peter
This was how I annotated a page in my copy of The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd.
Arory-bory-Alice
In Chapter Three of The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd you will find a delightful family conversation about the northern lights, the aurora borealis: Footnote: The above painting is of … Continue reading Arory-bory-Alice
‘two small boys lay on their stomachs beside the puddle’
From boyhood I have loved gates. It is fair to say that they fascinate me. The humbler the gate – or gateway – the better!
Can you make sense of this?
The Roundel Stone
S Y M B O L I C
‘Real science’, it is said, should be based on what science considers credible. This is one of the ‘Rules of Science’, and is necessary if we are to quantify understanding. … Continue reading S Y M B O L I C