Mike’s Mellow Moment – 23 April 2017
When my alarm went off at 0150 this morning a friend was arriving in New York where it was just coming up to 9 at night. Meanwhile a relation was soaking up the sun at breakfast time in Thailand. Each...
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Mike’s Mellow Moment – 16 April 2017
Happy Easter to us all! In a mad world with all sorts of worry, famine and threat of war, today gives us the message that we have nothing to fear. No matter what our beliefs, all around us are signs o...
Mike’s Mellow Moment-09 April 2017
Last week I was told by a number of people to “get out into nature” so as I set off into the countryside this week to enjoy the signs of Spring, I was enjoying the signs of new life all ar...
Mike’s Mellow Moment – 02 April 2017
A wise woman told me yesterday that I needed to get into the nature and sunshine when I can. A few days earlier a wise man said to walk out into the countryside and sit in silence to ‘hear’...
Mike’s Mellow Moment – 27 March 2017
This week we’ve had the Spring Equinox and today marks the start of British Summertime as the clocks go forward one hour. How quickly the planet spins, how fast our days and nights skip by. Than...
Mike’s Mellow Moment – 12 March 2017
It’s a funny old world isn’t it? Last week I mentioned the contrast between the majestic beauty of the Californian Redwood forests and the sinister darkness of Alcatraz. Similarly life has...
The Mike Powell Radio Programme
Originally it was to be called “Mike Powell…and all the trimmings” as it was a show to be launched at Sunday lunchtime between 1 and 4. It was to be aired on BBC Sussex, BBC Surrey and B...
Mike’s Mellow Moment – 05 March 2017
I’ve just returned from Southern California where the setting sun glistened on the Pacific Ocean as I sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. To my left was a place I’ve visited a few times&#...
Mike’s Mellow Moment – 26 February 2017
We’re just days away from the meteorological start of Spring so to mark the transition I’m in California! Where better to experience the change of seasons than in La La Land? To help us sk...
Mike’s Mellow Moment – 19 February 2017
6 years on from the end of our regular Sunday meet ups on my weekly BBC radio show, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge. The world has changed in so many ways; echoed in such films as ‘T2...