When wood is cut it contains a lot of moisture. When the wood is burned, the moisture turns into tars which stick to the inside of the chimney and can catch fire.  And if it has been cut during the growing season instead of during the winter then it will be full of sap as [...]

Passing an electric current through a simple salt solution produces a powerful disinfectant. It has been used for years in many countries and is now being commercialised in the US. Amazingly enough, although it will kill e.coli and salmonella as well as many other nasty bugs, it is safe to drink and people using it [...]

The lyrics to “Fairy Tale of New York” are only half the story of this song. What comes across most strongly in the lyrics are the elements of despair, bitterness and frustrated rage and some people never see beyond that. My partner for example cannot stand the song, she just finds it depressing – maybe [...]

Shane McGowan is an extraordinary song writer. Some Xmas songs are about happiness, some are cynical, some are calls to think of the past and the future but I cannot think of anyone else who could write a song like ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ with its immense range of emotions – lost dreams, bitterness [...]

Completed first version of the Norwich Healing Centre website. Very plain, old-school look, hopefully clear and simple information. It must be at least five years since I did any web-authoring so it all took a long time to get back to speed even with simple mark-up and basic CSS. Plenty of room for development in [...]

Nick Drake wrote about a black-eyed dog calling for him. His words are so simple and so powerful that I can very rarely listen to the song. For anyone who has been there, they are too real. Winston Churchill called it ‘the Black Dog’ and sought refuge in brandy and cocaine like many before him. [...]

Print-On-Demand Yesterday I wrote a fairly long item about the Print-on-Demand service CafePress on my  selling T-shirts online blog http://www.sellingtshirtsonline.com Why not take a look at it if you are in any way interested in the possibilities of selling goods online using provider services. They do all the printing, producing and shipping which just leaves [...]

I have been training as a healer for two years and am a Student member of the NFSH – the National Federation of Spiritual Healers. It will be at least another year before I can consider applying to be assessed to become a Full Healer Member. The NFSH has been going for over 50 years [...]

I am following John Thornhill’s Marketing Masterclass and we are in the second week. I had already read a couple of his books and liked the style – down to earth, detailed information – but all the same I had to stop and think  for several weeks  before joining up. In fact I hesitated for [...]