10,000 steps origins The manpo-kei was made and marketed away back in 1965 by a Japanese company. The name quite literally translates as “10000 steps meter”; a pedometer with a name to match. The general public rapidly and gleefully accepted…
I wrote something over here But as Google doesn’t like duplicate content, I have only posted the link. Stay positive people! A
The transformation of our garage took about eighteen months. From a scruffy, ugly, shack-like hovel to a pretty cottage-garden type building. The difference is dramatic when you compare the two states below. Transformation takes time and it isn’t easy. We…
Harry is my 3 1/2-year old son, the youngest of three children. When he was born, we felt confident. We already had a boy and a girl. We knew what to do with babies as we had already successfully kept…
Anita Hewitt – 1965 – 2015 was the principal osteopath of the Williams Osteopathic Clinic in Sale and one of the best osteopaths I know. I started working with Anita in 2003 when she offered me some work at the…
The other weekend, I was in London for the Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy annual general meeting, followed by the Rollin Becker Memorial Lecture, not, as it may seem, to pick up an ankle sprain. I’m not reviewing the presentation,…
This is late but the days are just packed. It has been said there is only one constant in life: change! This autumn, we are in a season of change. I took a walk through the woods at Northaw with…
For the first time this weekend, I looked across the dinner table at my 71 year-old father and saw him getting older. To put this into context, he doesn’t look 71 years old. I’m not sure how old he looks,…
“If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.” Eddie Guerrero I can’t cheat my way out of this, if you doubted me, then you were right to! I didn’t manage to make six posts in January (though it did turn into…
