I love words, in case you hadn't gathered. It irritates me when I hear a word that I do not understand and I write it down and check it as soon as possible. Gerontophobia. Gerontophobia is the fear of age-related self-degeneration (similar to Gerascophobia), or a hatred or fear of the elderly due to memento mori. The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn, "old man" and φόβος – phobos,...
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Zoom in a conference call – early experience
This morning I signed in for the Scientific and Medical Network virtual conference, held because the venue had cancelled the annual conference due in May. The conference director was situated in France, one of the speakers was situated in Scotland, and there were people from all over the world attending, I think about 90 in all. It should be a rule that using such technology should always be...
A garden job that never was – an old friend
I very seldom visit Telegram, mostly using Facebook, Youtube, twitter, but I did so today because a friend of mine had sent me something he wanted me to read. I do not normally use Telegram. I never actually got to it but something popped up on the screen, a lady from Finland whom I last met in 2008 when I was in Finland working doing readings and so on. She was calling me from a retreat in the...
A period of relaxation doing a garden whilst horror goes on
It was a great shock to me that the government of the United Kingdom are participating in the plan to vaccinate us all and take away our freedom. There is a news program called UKcolumn which is the only unbiased real news program I know of any Three Times a Week at One O'clock on Monday Wednesday and Friday. If you really want to be depressed then click here. all I can say is that it's better...
A breath of fresh air during the fading lockdown
We decided to take a 10 mile trip to experience some fresh air in the deep country knowing that we might see a police officer on the way who might ask us what we are doing. However, the police you see on TV are on the main roads and motorways and there simply aren't the officers available to patrol the country lanes. I believe that some are in self isolation so the chance of getting caught for...
Where did the day go
I get so frustrated sometimes looking at the clock, seeing that it is 5:30 in the evening and wondering whether time went so I'm going to use this bank holiday as a model for writing down exactly what I do. I'm basically a 24/7 person and do not like doing nothing. The closest I could doing nothing is when I have a bonfire or do gardening work where I can relax. Gardening is my great therapy....
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