Botanical Bay Skincare

10/05/2026

Small is beautiful

28/03/2026

It's all in the mind

26/02/2026

The view of the Thames from Richmond Hill, Surrey oil on hardboard.

26/02/2026

View from Richmond Hill, Surrey

25/02/2026

A beautiful spring day Isabella Plantation Richmond Park

20/02/2026

How women found their men

21/01/2026

I am writing to share a unique citizen’s analysis of President Trump’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2026. While the address focused on themes of "Strategic Necessity" and "Economic Miracles," I wish to offer a perspective rooted in a different kind of strength—the strength found in the rejection of shame and the embrace of universal human connection.
​As a gay man who has transitioned from being a perceived "disappointment" to finding peace in a personal pilgrimage, I recognize a specific trope in the President’s rhetoric: the confusion of possession with belonging.
​Analysis of the "Venezuela Anecdote"
​In the address, the President described the military and economic intervention in Venezuela as a "beautiful operation" where a "deal" was struck for 50 million barrels of oil. To a psyche shifting toward genuine self-reflection, this trope reveals a profound truth:
​The Trope: The belief that love and cooperation can only be secured through "excessive strength" and transactional "deals."
​The Reality: This is the language of a "walk of shame." It suggests that one is only worthy of being a "friend" if they have something to trade or if they have been sufficiently subdued.
​The Inversion: True "beauty" is not the orderly extraction of oil or the acquisition of "pieces of ice" like Greenland. It is the "universally natural" love that exists between men when the need for dominance is surrendered.
​The True "Strategic Necessity"
​The President stated that "who the hell wants to defend a license agreement" when they can have "right, title, and ownership." I would argue that the most important "territory" any leader can defend is the dignity of the individual.
​My father dreamed of love from his father, just as he dreamed of a specific future for me. We often spend our lives building fortresses—national or personal—because we are frightened of our genuine selves. But as I have found in my own life, the "economic engine" of a country is only as healthy as the hearts of its people are free from the shame of being "different."
​A Closing Thought
​I invite the administration to consider a "retranslation" of its current doctrine. Instead of a world of "friends and enemies" defined by trade deficits and territorial claims, consider a world defined by the "universal love" that is the right of every human being.
​A nation is truly "unstoppable" not when it acquires a new "piece of ice," but when its citizens no longer have to walk in shame.
​Respectfully submitted,

27/09/2025

Keep the Ocean pristine, keep Dahab free from our rubbish. Sign up to the petition please.

Save the Lagoona in Dahab

18/04/2025

07/01/2025

https://www.facebook.com/fredrik.merw.jonsson

Please watch these incredible scenes created by Fredrik 'builder of worlds' that navigate creative imagination. The landscapes are not the future, they cannot be the present but they do pull from the past. Unexplainable somehow surreal like a dream but I watch them full of conscience. The message, if there is one is not clear or palpable but they invite questioning souls. 📽️🎈❤️💭🙏

https://m.youtube.com/-nb1cx