Rudyard Kipling

The unforgiving minute (2): the hard part / the meaning of sustainability

by Stuart Patience
13th July 202113th July 2021

See here for The Rules of the Game On the really hard part Solving a specific local problem – digging a well, running a small… Read More »The unforgiving minute (2): the hard part / the meaning of sustainability

The unforgiving minute (1)

by Stuart Patience
23rd June 202124th June 2021

If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll… Read More »The unforgiving minute (1)

Worn out tools

by Stuart Patience
21st November 202021st November 2020

[Javert] had lost his bearings. The law was no more than a broken stick in his hand. Victor Hugo – Les Miserables If you can… Read More »Worn out tools