Welcome to my blog...whatever image springs to mind, be it a hippopotamus, Tigger, red-haired Highland cattle, or a simple kitchen table, 'Unless a Seed' is a four-legged creature. My hope is that having read a Book Review, a Poem, or a What is a Christian? or some random post in Everything Else, you will be kind enough to leave a comment or a short reply. And I hope you enjoy reading its contents
What is a Christian?
Book, Podcast, Film, and Blog Reviews
Poetry
For Writers, Writing and Everything Else
Paris ’24 10,000m update
35 days to go before the Paris 10K final…on August 2nd. The latest update
Paris Olympics 2024 – 43 days to the 10,000m final
43 days to go before the 1o,ooom final in Paris ‘24…the latest update on my bid to run a 5K in the world record time…for the 10K
Paris ’24 – 17th April 2024
100 days to go before Paris ‘24 Olympics - time for a 10K update
Israel, Hamas, and the BBC
Saturday 7th October 2023: Hamas massacres young Israelis at the Supernova music festival and grandparents, adults, children and babies at Kfar Azar Kibbutz
Halfway to Cambridge
Halfway to Cambridge is a phrase that came to me on the way to Cambridge….what could it mean?
My website/blog www.unlessaseed.com has had an MOT and service and is ready to hit the road once again with some improvements
Time to re-launch this website with a few improvements after its annual MOT
Return to Writing
1st August. No, not grouse shooting, or a lunar eclipse, but The Return to Writing Day…for me at least
Rant: very annoying words & phrases
A rant: I am half-American, however, I shake my head in despair at how easily we English allow our language to be infected with American buzzwords and corporate nonsense. Sign here to resist!
Paris ’24 – 11th July. It’s not just professional sportsmen and women…
Paris-24 essential back-up
English Literature and Cold Turkey…Report One.
Cold Turkey…the downside of trying to be wise…the story of revising for an A-Level English Literature exam without tea or coffee…and why