My Somerset Life

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...

So the time of siting down at my computer to write this entry is 7:00 p.m. on a rather cloudy and almost autumn-like day. The last thing  I did prior is to make a photograph of a cutting board which I bought for a...

Tonight I hosted the virtual pub night of the Scientific and Medical Network during the holiday season. I started by showing people the now famous six six six car and ask them what they would do if they met the...

Debate on the 666 car Brian - Re the picture of the car I sent to you.  I've never seen such a full-on six six six Mark of the Beast car in my life.  I consider it a work of art.  And  there are two sides do every coin...

Breakfast or no breakfast? Is there a best time to have breakfast in the hotel.  If it is advertised 7 am to ten am you will probably get a lot of late risers arriving at 9:45 hoping for service. You would also get a...