Month: February 2026

My last Freedom Breakfast at Wetherspoons?

For some reason I set out to have breakfast at Wetherspoons — and for equally good reasons, I did not. Over the past few days I have been watching some thoughtful YouTube videos about the gradual degradation of our food supply — how once-respected brands are absorbed by larger corporations, only to have their ingredients diluted, reformulated and padded out with artificial additions, all while...

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Returning from an unknown journey

I have just returned from Torquay, part of the larger conurbation known as Torbay — several towns pressed together along the curve of the bay, sharing a coastline but retaining their own distinct characters. We stayed in a modest two-star hotel a stone’s throw from the harbor. About 160 guests were on the same three-night bargain break, most of them in their seventies. It was cheerful rather...

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Departing on an unknown journey

Leaving for an unknown journey without any pre-cognition or information about what is going to happen. Tomorrow, Tuesday, I leave for a trip where I stay three nights in a hotel in Torquay, which is on the south coast of England. We shall travel via a hotel in Plymouth, where we will stay on Tuesday night. I previously got an impulse I should write a book or at least a long blog about the people...

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Role Models – Marcus Aurelius

One thing I really do need in life is a role model, or should I say several role models. I need to admire people and I've long given up admiring any politician because I discover they are in it for what they can get out of it. I came across a man yesterday in an ALDI store who radiated love and caring and stood out from the other so much I wanted to give him a hug but on this occasion he was...

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The basics for facing the future – help from the stars?

I watch hundreds of videos over the course of a week, probably far more than is healthy, but this one really gave me a source for hope in enabling me to see things in perspective with the dreaded backdrop of the scandals that engulf our world daily. I love watching Daryl Anka, who channels Bashar.,  a discarnate spiritual being well versed with what is going on in the universe. Here we see him...

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Frome community in action

The Frome community networking event I attended Wednesday caused me to focus on many topics, the fruits of which will appear in the coming days. For more than ten years I have kept a daily diary, now running to something like two million words. What began as a simple record of events slowly became something else: a mirror. Over time, patterns began to reveal themselves — not only in the world...

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