These days I do not become depressed in the clinical state of the word. When I was in my twenties and thirties I withdrew into myself and found that I was in effect paralyzed, not being able to move forward or backward or sideways and this was not a pleasant experience. Today I was looking forward to talking to my friend and sharing a brilliant lecture by one Robert Temple which started off...
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Spoiled for Choice + an unexpected call
As they say 'the day started like any other'. Françoise has gone off to see a friend in Bath so here am I looking at a rather indifferent sky. There is rain in the air. Off to the town to do various tasks. On the way I pop into Sainsbury's to look at the headlines of the newspapers. They seem irrelevant and alarmist so why bothered to buy a newspaper. I don't think I bought one for, let me...
Transcript latest – weather control – justice on its head
Occasionally there will be a spillover from my other work to my diary as indeed was the case with Samuel Pepys and his activities with the navy, not to mention his extra curricular activities. Controlled weather I do research on various trends that are going on in the world and this is a very small excerpt by a researcher called Deborah Tavares. If you are minded, you can hear the full article...
A pictorial day in ‘Legoland’ at The American Museum
The museum was founded in 1961 to showcase American declarative arts and to dispel stereotypes of American culture. It houses the finest examples of American decorative arts, quilts and folk art, and Dallas Pratt's collection dash one of the greatest collections of Renaissance maps in the world' Dallas Pratt, the owner at the time, already had a home at Freshford Manor near Bath which he had...
How can we best fill our days?
This is the day that the Lord has made - we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 So who was this chap David? A shepherd? What kind of shepherd would know about anything really? There is more to David than meets the eye or at least the casual glance. He was a king and a talented poet rolled into one who lived a far from blameless life. If you want to know more, read a summary here....
The Market Day that did not happen
A Carrot produces triplets My goodness, I know that carrots come in all shapes and sizes but this triplet home grown carrot was somewhat unusual and very aesthetically pleasing. This has nothing to do with today's events but I thought I'd mention it. If I had been more conscientious in the past I would have taken a photograph of every misshapen carrot I have ever grown and given it a name. But...
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