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I Love All of Me

October 28, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

I always loved the melody of the classic jazz song, All of Me, but it was way too self-pitiful so I rewrote it with a positive feel.

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The Most Bizarre Creation Myth – the Norse Legend

October 15, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

Clouds made from giant brains, humans from drops of sweat and the sun and moon desperately trying to outrun ferocious wolves in vain – the vikings easily had the coolest creation story.

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Stories

The Inichua – The Amazonian Tribe Who Believed Everything

October 15, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

The indigenous tribe in the Colombian jungle had no word for ‘to lie’ or ‘to deceive’ and so were tragically ill-equipped to meet the modern world.

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Reading time: 4 min
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Stories

Salim and the Flying Carpet

October 15, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

Our story concerns a kingdom deep in the Middle Easy, long ago, ruled by an old sultan whose wise and…

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Reading time: 6 min
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Stories

Fea – The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

October 15, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

There was once born a baby girl so beautiful that one of the nurses screamed in delight, picked her up…

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Thoughts

Once Upon a Time There Were No Cell Phones

October 9, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

I was walking down the street some time ago and I heard a man explain to his son: “You see,…

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Thoughts

Images of William Blake, Mystic Poet and Painter

October 5, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

[Listen to my tribute song to William Blake] “To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven…

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I’m a writer, storyteller and songwriter from England who organises retreats in the Sahara Desert each winter & the Festival of Creativity in the Czech Republic each summer.
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