Just occasionally things conspire together to make a day as near perfect as I could hope for. We were supposed to pick up our hire car yesterday Monday in order to have our beloved older Volvo repaired. The previous user of the courtesy car had not appeared at the garage until late last night, so we had to go today. As it happened the weather was warm(ish) for the time of year and the skies...
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A day of rest – well, relatively speaking
So much has happened recently that when the evening comes I don't have the energy or the 'ooomph' to write it down. Today Monday we have the Town Carnival, commencing at 19.30 where an assortment of lorries sponsored by various firms trundle up the High Street. Today I drafted a letter to the Town Council about their conduct at our allotment AGM last Monday. I had written a 5 page report and...
Inspired words from Buddhist Dr Sukerat Bhakdi
Today I am in full work mode. I love this Doctor; irrespective of subject matter, his attitude is a role model for anything in the scientific or indeed the humanities field. Do watch this interview and watch how he comports himself. His faith involves three elements. Be compassionate, rejoice for others, stay in the middle i.e. don't be extreme. So simple and yet so key. Monday evening is the...
Mobile phones – neutrinos and everything
BJ – these neutrinos are like a whole new world. JB – I did tell you BJ -I am addicted to it. It has exercised the minds of the greatest people including Einstein and you can’t see the dammed thing. BJ I don’t understand how when they travel, they morph into something different, different flavors etc. It also asks the question ‘what is stability?’. It could be death, or a motion of...
What does it mean to be human?
I came across this during one of my many wanderings through sites related to Covid. We are supposed to - and were once - an embodiment of light. We are now harbingers of doom in so far as we do not respect our humanity and unique soul 'made in the image of God'. I love these sorts of memes. Today I had a chat with my vicar, Rev. Adam Pitt, of All Saints Church, Paulton at the regular coffee...
Settling in for the winter (of our discontent?)
We have invited a Feng Shui consultant to visit us later on this month. I want everything in our home to be harmonious as we move to the next phase of our development. I have today written to the subscribers of my covid website that I shall no longer be adding information on a daily basis. Readers have a choice of reading over 15,000 entries which themselves lead to an average of four time that...
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