My Somerset Life

We have decided to cut down the scope of our garden work to two elements, hedge cutting and trimming; and mowing. I noticed that I am slightly uneasy on my feet these days so we cannot be over ambitious. Francoise is...

I am still somewhat on a high after writing yesterday's record breaking diary entry. Most days I get my ideas for the day fairly early say before 10 o'clock but today nothing has happened of any note and certainly...

I got this great idea that the more you worry about things the more the solutions are going to come to you. I worry about the future of the world, I worry about the welfare of my friends.  I worry about the people...

Francoise  and myself had a discussion this morning over coffee or in her case tea about a friend of ours who is very interested in his subject and is giving two evening courses in two languages twice a week. In...

Giving a lift to a stranger For some strange reason yesterday evening I felt we should not go by car to the Shepton Mallet show but to go by bus. We duly walked the ten minutes to the bus stop in the centre of...

Decisions Decisions Today I had a difficult decision to make. Next week, two friends who are very valuable and important to me want to come for the weekend  but this is not finally fixed.  I've also been told  about a...

Up early this morning and drink my usual two cups of coffee with some toast. I am habituated to starting my day with news from the TV. We have stories of personality disagreements in the Spanish women's World Cup team...

This has been a very good summer for marrows and runner beans. Problem is that they all come on at the same time and I swear they grow to one foot length overnight. The question is, what to do with them? Where to store...

I am writing this at 10 in the evening after having returned from finally seeing Oppenheimer, which we did in a small community Theater in Wells. More of that below. Today we did gardening for our senior lady in...

Just another coffee morning (not) This morning, to our local church coffee morning populated let it be said by retired people over the age of 70.  It would be a mistake to write people off on the grounds of age because...

I asked a chat bot 'How do I save my soul? The concept of "saving your soul" is often rooted in religious or spiritual beliefs and can vary greatly depending on your personal worldview and faith. Different religions...

Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest but in this case I don't think it's going to happen. Last night I noticed a text message from a group of friends saying they wanted to go down to the south coast of Dorset to hang...