Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
From the monthly archives:
Aaaargh! The forms you have to fill out to sell a house now. It took Erica and me most of the morning to complete the various forms that our solicitor sent us – property information, fixtures and fittings, instructions to sell, terms of business, Land Registry. And you have to present passports and a gas [...]
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Off to Hertfordshire again today. We saw three houses:
the first we did not like at all – this was one we had noted as being on the market when we (together with Hari and Doug) did a preliminary recce in the county on 7 May; it was somehow unkempt and unloved; there was stuff dumped [...]
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I met this morning with Simon Keyes, Director of the St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (in Bishopsgate) and with Justine Huxley and Salim Nakhjavani, who share the job of Inter-faith projects co-ordinator. Salim had set up the meeting.
Simon reminded me that he is married to Alison Murdoch, a connection that I had forgotten. [...]
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I’ve just been really inspired by reading Creating Passionate Users. This blog has some mind-blowing, wise and well-researched things to say about learning. It’s a mine of useful information and, far more important than information, inspiration and teaching.
I’ve been on a major blog crawl today – when I should have been preparing for the Home [...]
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It sounds like one of those really over-the-top self-improvement ideas. But it’s not like that at all. It’s a witty and wise set of observations about people’s strengths and weaknesses.
I enjoyed this set of pages called My Superpower.
It set me wondering what my superpower is. How about procrastination? I’m actually procrastinating now; I should be [...]
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Portsmouth Harbour
Originally uploaded by John Barnabas.
I like photos that are taken against the light. This picture has an interesting sky and the sun glinting on the sea beyond the yacht.
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I was hailed by Wendy O’Dell and her husband as I walked from Waitrose car park into the centre of Abingdon this afternoon. We were level with the District Council offices. It turns out that their house sale has fallen through. Their purchaser was in a chain of 5 the chain has collapsed. Wendy’s frustrated [...]
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I gave the following presentation yesterday at a meeting of the National Spirituality and Mental Health Forum. The meeting took place at the London Central Mosque, Regents Park.
The Baha’i Faith is a religion born in the modern age. Baha’is follow the teachings of Baha’u’llah (meaning ‘the Glory of God’), whom Baha’is recognize as a ‘Manifestation’ [...]
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This is my diary entry for World Peace Day for a book that Victoria Leith is putting together. The book will include ‘diary entries’ from a wide range of people, reflecting what they did on World Peace Day and what activities they did on that day to promote world peace.
Can what I do in one [...]
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Aaargh! We’ve looked at more houses and it turned out that the owner of the one house we liked had already accepted an offer!
I drove over to Woodstock to have breakfast with Steve Vickers at 8 this morning. The aim was to begin to flesh out some ideas for the Bah?’? Educational Institute (or whatever [...]
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