The World of Leonardo Morgado

…or more to be more precise here I go again after a long layoff as the blog has been left untouched, unloved and abandoned for a rather long time. All I can offer is my sincerest apologies I’ve been rather busy in life and I’ve possessed feelings of indifference towards this blog. But [...]

I was listening to Radio 4’s Saturday Live yesterday and there was an interview with a man who had been part of the medical team in the British army and had served in Iraq.  He has been going through deep depression, anxiety and suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to such an extent that he admitted [...]

Spent the day at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Ironbridge. A walk through the past complete with old coinage where one can buy food, look at Victorian industry and drink beer in a pub.
Here is a Flickr slideshow of the day.

Reading a lettings ad I discover that for £600 pcm one can get a “duplex apartment in a listed building with allocated parking that is fully furnished.”  I look up the word “duplex” in Chambers:
duplex noun (duplexes) N Amer 1 (also duplex apartment) a flat on two floors. 2 (also duplex house) a semi-detached house. [...]

My very good friend Anne Benson asked for volunteers to help out at the Wirral Food Festival.  She does a lot of organising for it and being a conscientious friend I felt that I had to go.  That and the fact that Anne promised food and drink so I really couldn’t say no.
I ended up [...]

After cycling around Rutland Water on a rented bike last week I realised that I had been denying myself real joy by not owning a bike (well, not since 1997).  Some research was done, I visited a few shops and decided to buy a Barracuda Indiana from my local bicycle vendor.
I think it’s rather a [...]

Sometimes one has to stop what one is doing, take a deep breath and just take in the wonder that is around.  One can easily believe that the world is a cesspit but more often than not one realises that in fact planet Earth is a truly remarkable place.
As I was doing some weeding at [...]

I’ve turned into an open source traitor due to the fact that I’m using a Windows product (Live Writer to be exact) to write this but since I have found it nearly impossible to find a Linux blogging tool that does what I want it to do I’ve had to unfortunately turn to the minions [...]