Herry's Journal

Where Koko often has her morning walk....

Chelsea was quieter than usual and the show gardens not particularly special, apart from the Japanese moss garden (seen with its water...

People talk of world peace. But how can you ensure peace in the world? Here is the formula for it. “If there is righteousness in the hea...

One of my daughter Kei's textiles

What happens when our digital footprint suddenly disappears? I'm not sure that most people have thought of it - perhaps because they mai...

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulter...

Jane Austen's house in Chawton Chawton House, near Jane Austen's own house. Owned by the Knights for generations, Herry used to...

Each person can post one photo to Flickr to make a composite image of the world on 5th May 2007. Mine wasn't a very exciting day.....

How many of these great buildings have you been in?

My favourite historian, Arnold Toynbee, holds that civilizations are ruled by charm (of the 'creative minority') as ...