I’m a natural optimist and positive person – happy, even. However, increasingly I feel that maintaining this approach requires a basic background environment that is at least OK. For obvious reasons, the last few years have presented somewhat of a challenge and I am fed up with reading and watching negative stuff*. (* I was going to say “everywhere” but firstly that’s not true, thankfully, and secondly this would somewhat undermine where I’m going with this…)

I have therefore decided to start writing down some of the things that continue to make me amused, interested, hopeful and generally upbeat about life and the world, as a possibly-futile counter to the wider trends in play at the moment. Again for obvious reasons, I won’t be talking about those here.

Positive comments welcome – as are negative ones, as long as they are funny.

Cheers.

When you keep your head when every one about you is losing theirs, maybe you don’t understand the situation.

Bob Rigley