Jonathan Townend
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I love writing articles & fictional stories. They give me scope to express myself and free my mind. After working as a mental health nurse for 30 years, writing allows an effective emotional release, one which I hope you will join me on.
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Technology Before Time Was Ready To Accept Its Existence
Concorde - One of a kind and sadly put to eternal rest now in the annals of aerospace history. The first of its new kind of passenger aircraft came into service through a joint venture between British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Aerospatiale (formally 'Sud Aviation.')
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in 01
STS-51-L. The Day Challenger Exploded 73 Seconds after Lift-Off, Killing All Seven Crew Members
To start this article off - did you know just how many Space Shuttles were actually built and used in exploratory and experimental low Earth orbit between 1981 and 2011?
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Earth
Extinction Level Event (ELE) & Climate Change on Earth - are we at the Brink of Imminent Destruction?
Now as most of my readers will know, I am a true Trekkie and really enjoy watching Star Trek and all that goes along with science fiction - indeed anything that goes along with space and exploration.
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Earth
'In Sickness & In Health'
Let's begin by just reminding everyone who is married just how the wedding vows go: Looking through some of the differing faiths discussed for this purpose being Episcopal, Presbyterian, Protestant, Quaker, Unitarian/Universalist, Interfaith, & nondenominational, there appears to be one part of the traditional vows that is interpreted in very much the same way.
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Humans
Have You Found Your Reason to Simply Exist, or be an Active Explorer of Words and Make a Difference with Your Life?
In an attempt to bring this article to the focus of its readers, who (I hope, are varied, far & wide), I love chocolate! So, I hear you all asking the question... what!?
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Motivation
Therapy-Based Gardening
Some parts of this article have been pieced together through 'snippets' taken from others that I have written and published, with Vocal. But each 'little snippet' was chosen by myself because any readers of mine can easily understand that, what I have produced thus far has been 'grown' from my experience & knowledge that working in psychiatry has given to me over the years.
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Motivation
Music is the Way to Your Heart and Positive Mental Health of the Soul
By now, I would imagine that by reading & hearting my articles, (kindly checked and published by the Vocal platform) that my growing audience will come to understand (and acknowledge) that I used to be a registered mental health nurse and that I am very much aware that music, has both a precious & very important part to play in therapeutic discovery for (not simply vulnerable patients in our care system) but for everyone in our world within society today. It can, and most definitely is, a powerful tool in breaking down the barriers between the many varied and different languages spoken across our world today.
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Beat
