Month: May 2025

Who does not have a party or social event or gathering of some sort so I hope that following thoughts,  hints and tips will help you to have a more successful time. The great benefit you have is that the Brits (I am talking about the United Kingdom) have this great talent for making the best of things so if you make a huge boo-boo and things don't go to plan, people will  adapt and  manage to...

Only the farmers will be glad that it's raining today for my plans were somewhat disrupted and I  and spending the day at home. I want to reflect on the feeling that I've had quite frequently that  days pass without my having achieved anything and I wonder whether I'm being too hard on myself here or what is going on. What I hate most What I really do not enjoy is seeing that the time is 6:00 PM...

How I filled my bank holiday There's about 3 million things I could do today including sitting in traffic jams on motorways, dodging the rain, enjoying the sun where possible, and spending too much on instant food of questionable quality.  My stomach has been somewhat of a challenge and this morning after having coffee and toast I Googled to see why I get almost instant acid reaction and...

This is the time of year which I call famine to feast . Everywhere you look there is an open day, Arts Trail, County Fair, Village Fete, specialist interest days, and if you're not careful you will miss them. The trouble is that apart from the Mendip Times who do their best, there is nowhere that you can go to find out every function say within and 10 mile radius. Smaller organizations do not...

What is it that makes a worthwhile social meeting? Today we traveled to meet some people with whom we had been working remotely on the same  topic which is about how we see the world versus how the people who are running this world would have us see things. You may be familiar with the famous quotes from The Matrix series Morpheus: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back....