Why I have 2 and a half capos
July 4, 2021
Watch a tutorial video for guitarists all about how I use 2 and a half capos. … More Why I have 2 and a half capos
Category: General Bloggings
Things that are good for you
April 12, 2021
In a world in which so many of us are struggling just with the day-to-day, it’s a wonder that we often don’t help ourselves but the habits and choices we make that are detrimental to our wellbeing. I’m as guilty of this as anyone, having often (for example): shortened sleep to try and get more … More Things that are good for you
Guts and Glory
December 23, 2020
We just bought a new house. I know, hooray! Right now it’s empty because we have a ‘grace window’ in which to get some works done before we move in, which is great, but we find ourselves with the impossible task of knowing how to juggle which jobs have to get done, with looking after … More Guts and Glory
The sea, the song and the story of my new lyric video
October 28, 2020
Standing at the top of a cliff one day – two, maybe three years ago – I couldn’t have known what life would be like in 2020. Of course, none of us could. I watched the slowly boiling waters below as gusts blew my unkempt holiday-hair sideways… … More The sea, the song and the story of my new lyric video
Instructions for processing a film negative, plus how to read the Old Testament
July 30, 2020
I don’t really know much about it, having grown up in the era of point-and-shoot, take-as-many-as-you-want digital photography. A child of the 90s, the closest I got was taking a roll of film to the Kodak shop where we lived to get it processed. But we never saw how it was done. Roughly, in the … More Instructions for processing a film negative, plus how to read the Old Testament
The Journey of Creativity
May 31, 2020
I love taking walks where I’ve never been before. It doesn’t have to be palm-branch-waving-ocean-braving-mountain-ranging scenery. The newness of the undiscovered is enough to intrigue me. I love how the horizon reveals itself, layer by layer; never quite giving itself away as another bend in the road, another clearing of the trees reveals yet more … More The Journey of Creativity
Lyric video for Holy Overshadowing with brand new artwork
February 14, 2020
It’s been seven years since I co-wrote a song with Graham Kendrick, and it has been a wonderful experience to see how far-reaching this song has become. It has been heard in places I haven’t visited and sung in languages I don’t know. I will always be grateful to God for this. It has also … More Lyric video for Holy Overshadowing with brand new artwork
What Became of Cylandria, a short story – Part 3 (conclusion)
January 25, 2020
[Read Part 1 here] [Read Part 2 here] Sometimes, when it’s night time and I just need to think, I’ll leave the lights off in the lab. Let the glow of the emergency exit sign guide me; the corridor light that spills through the window, the 60Hz pulse of the computer monitors, the night light … More What Became of Cylandria, a short story – Part 3 (conclusion)
4 ways I’ve learned to sleep better
July 29, 2019
So, ironically, I’m beginning to draft this blog post at 6am after having been lying awake for a while unable to sleep. But, as it turns out, that’s a good thing. This TED talk all about sleep explains why – at the end of it, the advice given to someone who is lying in bed … More 4 ways I’ve learned to sleep better
Fully Known – A reflection on dementia in the age of knowledge
June 4, 2019
My Nan and dementia Late last year, my Nan passed away. She was the last of my grandparents to go. First, her husband some 12 years previous, who was taken rather suddenly with pneumonia. Over the ensuing years my maternal grandparents both went by heart attack – my Grandad on the golf course; my Gran … More Fully Known – A reflection on dementia in the age of knowledge
Ben David Trigg 