Up very early this morning, Rain in the wind. Not good. A coffee and toast and a brief glance at Al Jazeera. More of the same. Killings, bombing, lies. It takes a lot to shock me but I never realised how in debt we all are as a country. This arrived in my morning mail i.e. overnight. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt How can long this system survive without...
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A domestic morning – A Dummy’s Guide on staying sane
I seldom spend money on myself but I made an exception and bought a hot water bottle with a difference. I find it a relaxant to have a hot water bottle against my spine at night. This one does the job. If you think this is a bit bizarre, why not try putting a hot water bottle as I have described and see if it makes any difference. NB Any resemblance to a snake is purely coincidental. I got it...
Wellow in the rain – How are decisions made?
Today is Sunday, my local evangelical church service is not taking place but in Bath so I shall not to be going there this morning. Surprise surprise it is raining, not heavily, but rain nevertheless so what to write about today? Prelude - rain in Wellow Wellow is a small village to whom we have become attached over the past few years. A little further there are stables for horses and a...
Visit to Wells for music and recreation
The bombardment continues I switched on the TV this morning about 7:30 and tuned in to Al Jazeera which is about the only impartial media I know of. There are four main hospitals in the Gaza strip and the Israelis have now moved in to continuously bomb the main hospital itself and as a result there is no food, no water, electricity, no safety going from point A to point B nowhere to bury the...
Standing Steadfast – describing your friends – healing – a film from Bhutan
I attended our Christian study group last evening and the topic was Israel, particularly the history of Israel going back to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob from 2000 BC. I don't see how anyone can understand the current position unless you make an examination in general of the tensions in the Middle East, and when they were caused, previous incursions by Israel onto its neighboring Palestine, who set...
Throwing beloved things away – rogue gardeners – the shock of being thanked
Does my bag need a burial ceremony? To the casual eye, this looks like a scruffy old bag but to me it is much more than that. I bought it in Boston, Ma, USA in about 1995. It has served me well traveling to Sri Lanka, Singapore. Australia, South Africa (20 times), the United States and Canada, not to mention my travels in Europe. It has a wonderful combination of a lot of pockets as well as...
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