By Peter Allan Since boyhood, reading the story of the famous Mutiny on HMS Bounty in April of 1789 has held me enthralled. The exoticism of course and the descriptions of paradisal Tahitian islands, the Tahitian people and the women in particular, the islanders’ customs, all have had an abiding interest for me. The shear power ... Read More >>
There is something so powerful about the idea of a message in a bottle. It is a significant act for the individual who goes to the trouble of crafting the message and sealing it in a bottle, and it is something of a fortuitous and magical experience for the lucky person finding the bottle and ... Read More >>
Let The Proust Questionnaire Inspire Your Journaling! By Peter Allan The power of questions has always startled and surprised me. Curiosity is a human trait that I admire so much, and in this life I have learned how enriching it is to ask questions of others. My father turned 90 on June 14th and I ... Read More >>
A few years back, it may have been around the time of turning 60, I decided to create what I called a reverse bucket list and started to write in my journal things that I had accomplished. I decided to annunciate bucket- list type things done versus wallowing or pining for a list that may ... Read More >>