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Here is a rather jumpy video of 3 vigilant birds, that seem to instinctively feel that they are being watched, which, on this occasion, they definitely were!  So much for bird instinct. Have a look at this imperfect video and gain what you can from it.

Of course, not being a woman, much less or more, the 'average woman', I cannot really know if the 'average woman' feels comfortable in her 'own skin.' Which is why this post is really just a thought. It is a thought based on my observations of women and having listened to and engaging them in conversations over the years. The conclusion I have come to, is that no, the 'average woman' does not feel comfortable in her own skin. Truth to tell, she might not even really knows what her own skin is or ought to be.  She might, it seems to me, be aspiring to acquire the idealised skin which  she has been conditioned, nurtured by her own kind, yes, other women, and by society -for which we could substitute the the media, the advertising industry, the music industry, and the repository of what womanhood, again, preceding generations of women, poetry about women, and religious texts - decreed that it ought to be. Yes, from what I have observed an

This is a short video of a little bird, all by itself, looking and sounding, well, yes, probably frightfully alone! Take a look and see if you see what I see and hear what I hear! Be contemplative, if you may.

Today is Monday, the day when the hastily agreed Syrian Proxy War truce is due to begin. As could be expected, the combatants, in anticipation of this truce starting, intensified the conflict, including the Syrian and Russian air forces carrying out increased airstrikes of opposition forces, probably to reduce how much opportunities they will have to use the truce to strengthen their positions. Would it not be good, it this were really to prove the dictum that, 'it gets worse before it gets better'? It has been some months now, since a less comprehensive truce was agreed, but with only limited positive impact. Will this truce which is due to start today bring forth better results? Let us hope that it will, notwithstanding the fact that, as they say, a lot has happened on the SPW battlefield since the last truce. Probably the most significant has been the rapprochement between Russia and Turkey, and Turkey's invasion and occupation of parts of its border with

Parts of Mexico, like several others in the Americas, is experiencing terrible violence from murderous gangs which are involved in the drugs and crime industry. In some places, there is nothing ordinary about the living of the proverbial ordinary citizens; their living is circumscribed by the rule of the drugs and crime barons. How they live and how they die, is largely determined by the machinations of the gangs, and the state of play between them and the authorities at any given time. On Saturday, there was a demonstration in Mexico, with people who are opposed to same sex unions marching to demonstrate their opposition to the Government's proposals to allow same-sex marriages throughout the country. The demonstration is reportedly organised by the National Front for the Family. That there should be this kind of demonstration in Mexico is not surprising, considering that the country is one in which centuries old traditional, conservative and catholic values and d

Here is a short video, taken at a small but prominent nature reserve, Barr Beacon, in the West Midlands. As you can see, the visitor is able to have nearly a 360 degrees view of the lower surronding areas, comprising several different counties. Take a look and enjoy, if you will!

Making sure that societal order is being maintained, and/or that all is well and citizens are safe? Contemporary humans have almost certainly loss the plot; what with this great desire we have about managing our time and using it efficiently. A great deal of emphasis is placed on this presumed need for us to manage our time by allocating it to the different and competing living tasks we have to perform, and, when there is not enough time to go around, as it were, for us to prioritise those tasks which we actually perform. The 'must do tasks', as opposed to those which 'can be done another time', even if that time has to be constantly pushed back into the future. And so it is that, contemporary humans, especially those of us who are in paid occupations or doing voluntary work on which others are dependent, are being controlled by the tick or pulse of the clock. When, and why did us humans become so automated, so conditioned, that our lives, our living becam

For a professional politician, Hillary Clinton made a surprising and even shocking mistake in labelling half of Donald Trump's supporters as "deplorables." The prudent and experience politician should always, always aim their  fire at their opponents, and rarely directly at their opponents supporters. You might not be able to convince your opponents' of the errors of their ways, but you should always be hopeful of convincing your opponents' supporters of the errors of following the errant persons in whom they have placed their hopes and trust. See them as being seduced by your deplorable opponents, but never as being themselves deplorable or as being beyond redemption. After all, these are people whose votes, whose support you need, and the challenge, for you, Hillary, is to convince them that it is in their best interests, and that of their country, to support the virtues, the responsible policies you purportedly stand for. The goal of the p