Off to London to celebrate a friend's birthday. I need a regular 'fix' of London and London life styles and culture though I no longer wish to live there. With regard to writing in general, a diary is meant to be a recollection of what I have done but it's a little bit more than a Dear Diary.... I've tried to make it interesting and relevant by imagining the sort of advice I would give people...
I have always been a fan of Tina Turner, by the way died at the age of 83 on May the 24th 2023. This was a musical of her life at the Hippodrome here in Bristol and it told the story at length of her upbringing in the evangelical south of the USA, her meeting with her to be husband Ike and their stormy 16 year relationship followed by her heroically overcoming struggles and emerging as...
I was going to write a straightforward account of the group but it has turned into a reflection on the value of sharing. Last evening Tuesday the 1st of April I attended an informal meeting of the recently constituted WordPress group at the King William Ale House in King Street, Bristol. I saw it advertised on the dashboard page of this site. Normally I ignore all meetings but this one jumped...
Megabus have recently decided to pull out of most route and for a couple of weeks there was a big blank where journeys should have been. Yesterday I got announcement that we have created a brand new website. Whoopee. To me part of it looks rather rushed but I think it will settle. The developers probably had a gun to their head to get things done quickly. Hey there!!!!! It's official. Our brand...
I should start with writing about a so-called men's shed meeting that took place in conjunction with my sometimes church in Paulton. The meeting was destined to start at 8 p.m. in the Red Lion Pub which is the local pub and as I had not been for some time so I decided to give it a go. When I arrived there were three people there and eventually we found our corner in which to speak . The problem...
The satisfaction of advance planning If there's one thing I enjoy, it is advance planning. I make most of my plans for the main spine of my activities weeks before the event and that includes imagining what might go wrong and making corrections before I ever set foot on public transport or step in my car. I'm going to visit my sister in Croydon, London, in April and today is the time for booking...
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