Irrespective of Mother Nature and the weather she produces, life must go on, rain or shine, winter or summer.. Mums must take their children to school. Much of what we need to do is unexciting except if you look at it with the eye of an artist or in my case a diarist. You bring things to life. This morning I needed to take my car to repair a dent due to a previous unfortunate encounter with a...
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What is a friendship?
Is it easy or difficult to make a friend? We can certainly make acquaintances. We can certainly talk across the garden fence. We can exchange our opinions of the weather, the political situation, and can give reports about our health, but what about being accepted at a deep level? In other words 'knowing' that you are a friend. What about feeling co-existential with the universe when you are...
Making the best of a (fairly) routine visit to the RUH
Okay I agree it wasn't quite ordinary because I was going to have my eye examination four weeks after my cataract operation. I dodged the showers and caught the (late) local bus to take me to the bus station in Bath and from there the green 4A local to Weston via the RUH Royal United Hospital. So my challenge dairy-wise is to see how much I can make out of the day, how many people's lives I can...
An action-packed weekend part 2 + Rockaway Park and a farm bonfire.
'The policy is too stupid to be stupid'. I love this quote that I have just heard from Charles Henner via the exuberant Greg Hunter's USAWatchdog.com. In other words, if it does not make logical sense then there is a hidden hand that controls for motives other than the claimed reason. Also - It is pretty much a full time job watching the West writing its own suicide note, as Kathy Gyngell...
An action-packed weekend part 1
First stop, the monthly market in the marketplace of Midsomer Norton Francoise bought her usual fish order. There are no fishmongers in Midsomer Norton and she doesn't like to rely on frozen fish. We bought some freshly baked bread and some cheese made with unpasturized milk. The event was fairly well attended bearing in mind the on/off showery weather (below) I saw this advert for films,...
The end of another week and the start of a weekend
My week is divided into two parts, Monday to Friday, which I regard as working days even though I do not get paid and then the weekend. On Friday I prioritize tidying things up, fiddling with semi important matters that can wait a few days. My love affair with the English language continues with this dreadful pun (above), only suitable for winding down on Friday afternoon. I am not sure where...
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