Today is Francoise birthday. I gave her a funny card. At the hotel breakfast we noticed how little it takes for someone to say sorry. For example I move along and someone has to move forward slightly to accommodate me. This is inevitably accompanied by an apology. What is the basis for the apology? Is it the fact that they exist? In crowded circumstances a bit of shuffling too and fro is all...
Let it never be said that my trips are boring. The two photos below will give you some idea of what happened between my departure on the morning of Sunday the 6th of August and my return on Wednesday the 9th of August. We decided to repeat our successful formula going to the Cardiff area and visiting Saint Fagans National Museum of History on the way and staying for three nights at the...
Believe it or not, I took a hot water bottle to bed with me last night and it seems to have the effect of discouraging me from getting up during the night. Maybe some sort of comforter. Nevertheless I awoke at 6:00 a.m. This morning which is a sign for the having of coffee and toast and switching on the news. True to form, it has started to rain. TalkTV - the irrepressible and immaculately...
A day of death and joy After a morning attending to domestic things I decided to go and perform gardening work for one of my clients who I knew had lost her husband a couple of weeks ago. I see plenty of videos and TV on people suffering in hospital but not so many 'beginning to end' stories. The widow told us in detail what happened with her husband His wife Valerie said: My husband started to...
Ominous Sky To me this is a reflection of our times. The sun is shining but there are dark clouds on the horizon. Possible lock downs to come. Not good. Caring Today I had a philosophical chat with my friend John. We were talking about understanding or should I say comprehension which is a slightly more sophisticated word but then we moved on to another topic - caring and love I joked with John...
Certainly, nothing is happening for this aristocratic young lady. She is suffering from ennui (boredom). The only task I had today was talking to my web support techie about this website that you are reading now. We agreed that the work would be done tomorrow Thursday. I had a 2:00 p.m. booked via Skype with someone who did not show up. Apparently he had to take a friend to the airport. Fair...
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