benwesterham

You are so right about the place of family in our lives. Without friends and family none of this would really be worth anything at all and, having lost several friends and family members in recent years,

Love the second photo. The mushroom looks like a wind blown giant. Fabulous.

Love books like this, that make you think differently. It's been a while since I read it, but he definitely gives you plenty of food for thought.

This book has the considerable advantage of getting across its point in what is relatively few pages. No room for waffle here!

Efunts. That made me smile. The second thoroughly enjoyable story I've read on Hive this evening.

Fantastic. Great use of your imagination to come up with a delightful little story.

Deep work requires discipline and that is difficult to maintain when we live in a world with so many distractions. Best to disconnect from the source of these distractions when you want to deep dive into

What always impresses me with people like this is the apparent clarity they are able to bring to their lives. I guess this comes from experience and learning and I doubt everyone is capable of this, but

I can but dream of having so much Hive, but from small beginnings...

Never been able to bring myself to read this because it involves the destruction of books. Would be far too stressful!

I've become much more fussy about dropping books when I find I'm not enjoying reading them. Once upon a time I would have seen it out to the end in every case, but I've decided life is too short for that

I don't really like using the pellets but I did put down a few. Trouble is, we've had so much rain this year it has been great for slug production (!) so there's been even more of them to contend with

Sadly the entirety of my little crop of pumpkins succumbed to slugs and snails this year. Most frustrating.

Remarkable animals. They look as though they are made from glass. Great photos too.

Hilarious. Think I should be dipping into the dictionary so I can have a go at this one word book thing 😄

Some beautiful trees there with some stunning bark.

Well no wonder they moved out, what with the noisy neighbours! I lived round the corner from Maine Road one year and we once listened to a match being played there whilst watching it on the TV with the

It's always the little things in these fascinating (and often sad) posts that makes me laugh and/or cry. Those letters and bank statements are some of the best yet. I went to uni in Manchester (many, many

One problem that almost all awards in the book space and elsewhere have is that you have to pay to enter. This often acts as a filter that excludes the overwhelming majority of potential entrants and ensures

I did briefly consider recording my reads online and I do have a Goodreads account, but what steered me away from that option is there's always the possibility of the site being closed and I do like holding