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I got this great idea that the more you worry about things the more the solutions are going to come to you. I worry about the future of the world, I worry about the welfare of my friends.  I worry about the people suffering from fires. I worry about the refugees streaming into this country (UK)  without being stopped or turned away. If I want more things to worry about I can simply turn on the...

Francoise  and myself had a discussion this morning over coffee or in her case tea about a friend of ours who is very interested in his subject and is giving two evening courses in two languages twice a week. In addition, he has yet to find the right of accommodation or himself. He also has to go long distances to in the giving of himself. His health has also suffered due to the need for a...

Giving a lift to a stranger For some strange reason yesterday evening I felt we should not go by car to the Shepton Mallet show but to go by bus. We duly walked the ten minutes to the bus stop in the centre of Midsomer. No one could work out the timetable and asking Google gave no further information.  The 174 bus was due to leave  from the Hollies  at 9:43 which came and went. A lady who we...

Decisions Decisions Today I had a difficult decision to make. Next week, two friends who are very valuable and important to me want to come for the weekend  but this is not finally fixed.  I've also been told  about a biodynamic conference, the first of its type, which will take place in a rural farm situation and will be one of those full weekend affairs from Friday evening to Monday morning....

Up early this morning and drink my usual two cups of coffee with some toast. I am habituated to starting my day with news from the TV. We have stories of personality disagreements in the Spanish women's World Cup team where the manager is accused of being a bully, more complaints about France and it's attitude to the refugees, a man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape for 17 years has been...

This has been a very good summer for marrows and runner beans. Problem is that they all come on at the same time and I swear they grow to one foot length overnight. The question is, what to do with them? Where to store them?  Whether to freeze them all?  I have written about this elsewhere but we intend to have as many fresh bean meals as possible. While fresh they are delicious. Only the old...