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[tta_listen_btn] John Cleese is resurrected I woke up this morning after a fairly restless night. It is very difficult to have one duvet for all temperatures and I was a bit warm. I solved this by having my front side open to the air. You have to experiment. For some reason I turned on the TV to see John Cleese, one of my heroes of old in the field of humour, on UK television announcing that he...

For our sudden brief holiday we arose on Sunday morning at 7:30 and by 9.30 we were in the car off to Swansea in South Wales. This is a part of the world that we have taken a particular liking to. We have been to Cardiff about three times and have found a considerable amount of investment in public arts and works of art. We decided to go to Swansea on the recommendation of a friend who said it...

[tta_listen_btn] Today, talk on the news of an Indian summer, and indeed the weather looks very promising. I was drinking my coffee at about 8:30 this morning when the mobile phone rang with an unusual prefix, +64 Someone was calling on WhatsApp and I forgot that this service is free of charge. Why anyone pays for using the phone I don't know. I know that in the United Kingdom they are  going to...

[tta_listen_btn] Brian: (to John)  see yesterday's diary, scroll down. Brian: I sent you the excerpt that I was hoping to talk about, consciousness and inspiration. On the face of it, it is a very simple thing. It should be obvious shouldn't it but I get the feeling that it's actually something that could be moved forward a bit. I think it's speaking about clarity of thought really or you are...

[tta_listen_btn] I have given myself a challenge of writing 1500 words of original material each day. I like the idea that everyone is or could be a work of art in human form. Accordingly this morning I decided to go for a walk and on the walk wondered how I was going to fill the day. Good things happened between 8.15 and 10.00 (see below) resulting in me sitting here at 10 o'clock,  my head...

[tta_listen_btn] I had done my routine tasks for the day and was wandering around  wondering how I could best fill my day. Francoise returned from yoga with a copy of the Midsomer Journal which comes out every Tuesday weekly. I flicked through, read the letters column and then this advert jumped out at me. Every single travel arrangement I make starts in this way. I am minding my own business...