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Peace Run in Oxford 2018
Recently the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run came to Oxford. I helped as a local co-ordinator to arrange a few meetings. I also cycled with the runners around Oxford. One of the great things about the Peace Run is that you have to expect the unexpected. Even the best-laid plans need to be flexible. When […]
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Benefits of cold showers
Since my cycling has come to a virtual standstill, I have been looking for alternative physical challenges. As a means to an end (recover from injury) I have been trying different exercises – Egoscue, Pilates, Tibetan Rites, physiotherapy e.t.c. They haven’t succeeded in doing anything for the injury, but they have become useful in their […]
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Eid in New York
I was in New York in August. Opposite my breakfast diner, the police closed off a street so Muslim worshippers could celebrate Eid on the road. There probably wasn’t enough room inside the small mosque. It was an interesting sight. These tough redneck, NYPD officers and a hundred Muslims praying in the street. That’s America […]
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Early September flowers
Cosmos flowers and leaves Colour flowers Veg from garden, after two weeks away.