Hello

from Jo

Like many people my age, I'm haunted by the spectre of how good things used to be. The way I get round this is to pretend to be my own grandson. I jump in puddles, ride my bike and don't believe a word real life tells me. In other words, I've carried my childhood with me in my rucksack. Apart from a few senior dribbles and the odd mechanical frailty, it seems to be working.

Of the 14 books I've written, some are autobiographical and some fiction. Running through them, a touch of humour.

My wife, Jan, and I have navigated life's highways by boat, bike and van. So far we've manged to outrun the grim reaper - just.

In varying degrees of comfort we continue to roam.

Click here for links to all my books

Directly below is my current project, and boy, what a ride that has been.

Read the first chapter.

Click the 'Blimey' button down below

Believe it or Not!

A journey of a different kind

This one spiritual

I have been on a fascinating journey. It's one that many people take, particularly as the years roll by.

It took a children's carol service to detonate the explosion, but after it I excommunicated myself from all things religious, including God.

There's a magic about children singing carols. But is the nativity narrative true or hyped or bunkum? I had more serious questions about why I wasn't listened to when I prayed and nobody listened during my Mum's miserable demise.

I researched, soul-searched, talked, read and watched. Then wrote it all down, and what emerged was both amazing and enlightening.

Is there something else? It would be a shame if our lives were all in vain, rather like painting the inside of your own coffin - neither you nor anybody else would benefit.

My new journey covers:

• Personal Experiences

• The History of different Religions

• Modern Science and evolution

• Philosophy

• Scriptures - The Bible, The Quran and others

• Religions influence

• Who created what, when and how

• Do I need (a) Religion / Do I need (a) God?

Did you know ???

The Catholic and Protestant Bibles are different lengths

The 3 Biggest Religious Groups are Christianity, Islam and 'Unaffiliated'

The Bible took 1500 years to write, edit and ratify

Catholicism started 33 CE, Islam 610 CE, Protestantism 1517 CE. (CE = AD)

Between the ages of 12 and 30 there is no record of Jesus in The Bible

I've compiled it all into a medium-length book called:

Believe it or Not!

Have a sneak peek.

It's free to a good home.

The book will be published shortly. Problem is, my editor is a devout Christian so on some points we'll have 'diverging opinions'. He'll either red-slash the whole thing and chuck it in the bin or perform under sufferance for a small fee.