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Trauma of throwing things away + ‘nobody is your enemy’

Yes I find the trauma of clearing anything away let alone throwing anything away still significant as you may need them at some point. The fact that they have been around for years is not relevant. Oh my goodness how much stuff we accumulate and how little of it do we really need. Francoise wanted to go out and buy some more conditioner liquid for use in the washing machine cycle and I...

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The day of our return from London

AWAIT FOR PREVIOUS DAYS' REPORTING And so after and all too brief sojourn in London we return. I always leave much earlier than I need to so we left our place in Selsdon which is somewhat south of East Croydon over two hours before the train left. I take the view that if you leave earlier then you need to, if anything goes wrong along the way it normally rights itself after a period of time...

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London in the spring – Day One

I chose the bus leaving from Bristol at 13.00 to give us plenty of time to rise at a leisurely rate to catch the 172 to Bristol and have a decent breakfast. You will find a community cafe just outside Bristol bus station. What is not obvious is that it is part of a building that was a priory and has a rich history going back a few centuries. Some people working at the cafe have learning...

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Eating alone in a cafe + the eclipse

I might as well start the week as I intend to go on,  so off to my local cafe or caff.  Porkies Cafe serves drivers and workers on an Industrial Estate in Westfield BA3 4BH. You cannot say that the front door is imposing. I go there because they do excellent fried bread and because I like the unpretentious surroundings. Today when I arrived at 8.15 am there were many cars parked outside and I...

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Christian Worship – Why did Thomas doubt?

I arose at 7 o'clock this morning leaving a sleeping Francoise. As I have had a Bemer treatment overnight, which  is a machine that sends vibrational frequencies through the body to keep the blood flow in the micro channels, I had a good glass of water followed by a coffee. I enjoy brewing coffee. I saw a man do this on a street in Marrakesh and have followed it ever since. Trans World Radio As...

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