by Jack Barrow | Feb 15, 2018 | Magic, Science, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
In my coming travelogue (too long in the pipeline) I discuss two ways of looking at and dealing with the world, that I describe as rational and irrational approaches. The irrational approach is often described as magical thinking. Wikipedia defines magical thinking as...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 24, 2017 | General Blog, Politics, Thoughts and Observations
News came in recently of a tragedy about to befall residents of Hogwarts Well not Hogwarts exactly, but… Hemel Hempstead It starts with H and it’s not far from the Barrow residence, so it’s the best I could do. A footpath through Hemel Hempstead,...
by Jack Barrow | Jun 13, 2016 | Psychology, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
It’s new phone arrival day tomorrow and I’ve got to go into the office so I won’t be home when it arrives. Someone will take it in but I could have planned it better. I’m now wondering if new phone arrival day is a new cultural phenomenon that...
by Jack Barrow | May 1, 2015 | Current Affairs, Politics, Thoughts and Observations
We’ve been hearing about millions using food banks in every part of the country, we can’t pay care workers for their travelling time and the NHS is falling apart. Now we hear that it’s taken a week for us to send three helicopters to Nepal after an earthquake has...
by Jack Barrow | May 1, 2015 | General Blog, Non Fiction, Pagan, Publishing, Thoughts and Observations, Travelogue, Writing
I’ve been up all night, or at least I feel as though I have, my body clock’s all out of kilter but it’s May Morning, the sun’s shining and the year has begun. I swear I saw some cow parsley in the hedgerows this morning although it’s not normally out until end of May...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 13, 2014 | Media, Social Media, Thoughts and Observations
Reactions to the Sainsbury’s Christmas advert have been bouncing around the social media world for the last day or so. It’s a genuinely moving piece of film (it moved me to tears but then again so do some episodes of Star Trek) and it’s very well made. It’s thoughtful...
