Peter Reynolds

Today I started a new blog on Paradise Valley, the beautiful heaven on earth where I am so fortunate to live.

This will be where I write about walking my dogs , Capone and Carla, and all our adventures in deepest Dorset.

I’m back.  Apologies to those who have missed my posts.  Thanks to the hundreds who have asked where I am.

Truth is that I was under the cloud of a vile, vicious, unforgiving flu virus.  If anything ever deserved the unremitting attentions of the Israeli Army and everything that Mossad has to offer then it was this.  Misery, depression, lack of motivation – nothing could have been more unforgiving and merciless in its attack.

I survived.  Perhaps Palestine will not.

As I emerged from under this dark cloud there was one thing that helped me through.  I have read about it for  months.  The HBO series, The Wire.  I have seen it described as the best thing ever on television.  These superlatives seemed different from most and as I immersed myself in the stories of Baltimore I understood why.

This is magnificent television. Wonderful characterisations not based on “star quality” or reputation but on acting ability.  Utterly credible dialogue, surely much of it improvised.

What seems at first glance as just another American cop show is revealed as the very best in drama, capturing every nuance of the human condition.

I pray for the people of Palestine.  I curse the evil Jews. I look for hope in mutual understanding through drama like “The Wire”.

Last week my Father was told that he has many secondary cancers.  If I could be half the man that he is…  I am so proud to be his son.

I have now found my feet in Weymouth or, to be more accurate, the delightful, picturesque village of Sutton Poyntz – and what a place it is!

This is the view from the “mountain” behind my house.  Any words are simply an injustice…

So this is my first post in weeks.  At last my broadband is on and my office is beginning to come together.  

Expect much more soon!

…of I do not know what!

It will be a place for me to compile the work, ideas and experiences that make up my life.  I shall use it to express myself and to communicate about what I believe is important and worth saying.  Anyone is welcome to read, to comment or contribute.  I hope I can bring a little enjoyment, interest or happiness into your life.  I hope I can provoke, entertain, challenge, confuse, anger, upset, infuriate and make your day special.