Peter Harper
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environment |
| Occupation | Natural Philosophy |
| Location | Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Blogging is a complete novelty. I've no idea how to do it or what will will happen. It just seems like a good idea at the time, a kind of overdue reinvention as I contemplate what might be the last third of my life. I am guided by a simple ethical idea: that if somehow my great-great-great grandchildren in the 22nd century were to stumble across my work, my writings, and my 'time capsule' letters to them, they would raise a glass and say 'well good old grandpa, he had us in mind and he fought our corner to the end'. I fear that they would have to follow that with 'Pity he ended on the losing side'. It's not looking too good, but if there's one thing you can't kill it's the human spirit. It would be nice to think that enough survived of our efforts to inspire descendants in the not-too-distant future. Kids of the future, we are the good guys and we are batting for you. |
| Interests | Where it's all going, kids and grandchildren, reading them the same stories a lot, gardening and growing veg, classical music, history of ideas, rambling with a loupe, playing in small bands, playing in big bands |
| Favorite Movies | Well-crafted historical dramas, Scrooge, Master and Commander, Zardoz, The French Lieutenant's Woman, 2001, Repo Man, Life of Brian |
| Favorite Music | Bach, Janacek, Britten, Mahler, Tallis, Beethoven (quartets, piano sonatas, all the heavy stuff, things to get yr mind round) Berlioz, Weber, Strauss, Schubert, Lonnie Donnegan, Elvis, Jelly Roll Morton |
| Favorite Books | Don't do much belle lettres, but enjoy Patrick O'Brian and Flann O'Brien, Trollope, Shakespeare, Old Amis, Ursula LeGuin |