Friends of the Armchair Traveller

 Just the other day I responded to a notice from Vimeo that someone liked my short video  "Lascaux-Weber" . So I looked at her Vimeo page to see what she has presented. I always respond to such notices but very often fail to receive an answer from the people who have liked one of my short pieces. Micaëla Henich did respond and we discussed presenting some of her work on this blog. "Yes, do as you feel of course. I like the way you present the works. Just want to add that I am not a professional of videos. I am a painter in fact… Maybe you would like to see my site: http://micaela-henich.com Back to  Micaëla's posts on Vimeo.  I've selected three of Micaëla's video pieces to share with our friends... only these three, although there are many more: Petit trafic de nuit around the village pond from micaela henich on Vimeo . A very light summer day from micaela henich on Vimeo . Paris-vertigo from micaela henich on Vimeo . As you can see from what Micaëla...

  AT LAST, HE'S GONE!   CRYING, ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK! FROM THE GUARDIAN: Qantas board urged to withhold bonuses of Alan Joyce and senior executives. "Earlier on Monday, John Sharp, the deputy chair of Rex Airlines and rival of Qantas, said the Qantas board would now have reason for reworking the millions of dollars in shares and bonuses Alan Joyce is poised to receive – his final pay packet could total $24m when he exits the role in November." We're soooo sad to see you go Alan.   We'll miss you sooo much!  We sure hope you won't live in  abject poverty when you get  back  to where you came from. pt

The other day I sent around an essay from Aeon which spoke about the way our Earth was created and then modified by various inorganic and organic actions. I had often thought about this twofold interactive process but I had never been able to really "nail" it. The superb essay by Olivia Judson really did it for me! She put it into a framework and perspective which allowed me to see the entire picture from a number of reference points. https://aeon.co/essays/the-insight-of-darwins-work-on-corals-worms-and-co-evolution? What she brought together was a series of thoughts which had started for me at secondary school, then advanced by my discoveries such as Bronowski's "Ascent of Man" as well as reading Darwin, Russell and others along the way. But of course I am an amateur and a pretty lazy one at that. I've only read one entire book by Darwin, and bits and pieces by many others. Our friend Ian Gibbins who is well versed in all these matters will be following ...