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Recently I wrote of the healing energy of laughter in relation to my chemotherapy treatment. So here I am, laughing my head off with my friend Paul Sihon on the recording of Ouiee Ouiee We're Happy, a song I wrote thirty-two years ago while living inside the trunk of a gigantic Redwood tree in Marin County, California. We recorded it on the Island of Okinawa in 2005.

We've just come home from my second chemotherapy session, and I was feeling physically and mentally stressed. The first thing I did was get the fire going. Then I had hot Vitamin C drinks, warmed up, switched on the computer, and have since then been laughing my head off watching videos of Michael Parkinson interviewing Billy Connelly, his wife Pamela Stevenson, David Attenborough, and Tom Cruise. My sore throat and sore stomach are gone and my stress is fading to a dista

Glad To Be Alive', is one of four songs composed for the Kingfisher and The Tiki, a story I wrote on the island of Kauai in 1995 that speaks of a greedy bird that eats a magical fish. The story explains how the Marine Environment, from the forested mountains to the coral reefs, is interconnected through a harmonious cycle of life.

As I explained in my previous post, I was very impressed by the questions asked during my meeting with the social assistant and psychologist following my first chemotherapy session. 'Will you have help when you get home, like family, or a social, or religious community?' The social assistant asked, recognizing that I am no spring chicken and Konomi is now considered legally blind. 'We have very good friends, a lot younger than us,' I said, 'They often help.'

El viernes descubrí que necesito quimioterapia, ya que el tumor benigno que me extirparon recientemente con una sección de colon no era tan benigno después de todo y había hecho metástasis (se había propagado). No es algo que vaya a curarme de la noche a la mañana, pero es lo que es y es algo con lo que tengo que lidiar.

Ten days ago, I discovered that I need chemotherapy as the benign tumour that was recently removed with a section of my colon was not so benign after all and had metastasized (spread). It's not something that's going to polish me off overnight, but it is what it is and something I have to deal with.

I had to be alone to think. Away from friends and family. I searched my globe for a place far from the world I knew

The armoured car pulled onto the forecourt directly in front of the door to the Holiday Inn, blocking the vision of any potential sniper. I

"There’s a problem. They have called an investigator from Sarajevo. They want to know who told you where the tunnel and snipers are located

There was a large military presence and I was tired of being arrested. I was treated well but never knew of I would end up dead/

A miracle! Konjic is not being shelled today. I slept in the communications post of Malbatt, the Malaysian Battalion of the United Nations

I have been warned that commandos raid the valley at night and hide during the day. What if they were hiding inside the tunnel? If they are

'The bridge,seemed a less likely place to get shot. The Neretva River that separates Christian Herzegovina from Islamic Mostar...'

Twenty-nine years ago I was about to experience the most dangerous part of my walk from San Francisco to Sarajevo to plant a tree for Peace

Lo que sea que hizo el ruido era bastante grande, pero no daría miedo como un Jaguar, ya que se mueven tan silenciosamente que nunca sabría

Del agujero salieron las criaturas más malas y de aspecto más desagradable que jamás haya visto y tenían mi muerte escrita por todas partes.

Una semana después, regresamos y descubrimos que el leñador había construido la balsa según nuestras especificaciones exactas, pero parecía

Sabía que mi destino podía ser peligroso. No habría ley ni orden, pero vería de primera mano lo que ocurre en una fiebre del oro, cuando la

Entrada de diario. Lima, Perú junio de 1989: 'Quiero ayudar a salvar las selvas tropicales, así que voy de camino a la jungla. Cruzaré...

Dejé la vida marinera y mi último yate en Miami, Florida, en 1979, para convertirme en chef/chofer de una adinerada dama canadiense que...

os elegantes garajes de la casa de la señora McDougald en 'Green Meadows' estaban llenos de coches de valor incalculable como nunca antes ha

El 25 de julio de 1990 inicié lo que iba a ser una Caminata para Salvar el Amazonas de dos años, desde Canadá hasta Sudamérica, para...

Soñaba con liderar expediciones por el Amazonas. Soñé con convertirme en explorador. Cuando tenía tres años, pedaleé tan lejos en mi...

En 2019, el periódico Guardian publicó la historia de cómo Konomi y yo nos conocimos en Japón, nos casamos en la isla de Okinawa y...

In 2019 the Guardian Newspaper featured the story of how Konomi and I met in Japan, got married on the Island of Okinawa, and ended up...

On July 25th, 1990, I began what was to be a two-year walk, from Canada to South America to draw attention to the destruction of the Amazon

I dreamed of leading expeditions down the Amazon. I dreamed of becoming an explorer. When I was three, I pedaled in my peddle car so far...

Mis primeros recuerdos son de la pensión donde vivía con mi hermana Gwen y mi mamá y mi papá en una habitación en la planta baja de una...

If I looked for the creature, it would fall silent, and I had to be careful not to get lost; in the Amazon that could be a death sentence.

In 1977, I left the Merchant Navy as a Chief Cook. I had been to Asia, the Americas, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the Persian Gulf, on...

I was born in a hospital in the centre of Manchester. But for me life begins in the boarding house where I lived with my Mum and Dad, and...

Working months at sea on the English Bridge, an oil tanker and never setting foot ashore, I saved a lot of money. So when I left the ship...

Out of the hole came the meanest, nastiest-looking creatures that I have ever seen and they had my death written all over them.

At the point where we began our descent from the Andes into the rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon, a westerner boarded the truck. "Hola...

I knew where I was going could be dangerous. There would be no law and order. I would get a first-hand look at the rainforests and see what

I'm going over the Andes to the Amazon River to build a Balsa Wood Raft and float down the river through the rainforests...

The Austral Garden Route has recently expanded two hundred kilometers to the north thanks to the participation of Eric Mayorga and...

The elegant garages at Mrs. McDougald's 'Green Meadows' home were full of priceless cars the likes of which I had never seen before. The...

In 2005 I was invited to be a guest speaker on board the Peace Boat, a Japanese cruise ship that takes a thousand passengers on a round...

I left the sea-going life and my last yacht in Miami, Florida in 1979 to become a chef/chauffeur for a wealthy Canadian lady who turned...