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For some reason I set out to have breakfast at Wetherspoons — and for equally good reasons, I did not. Over the past few days I have been watching some thoughtful YouTube videos about the gradual degradation of our food supply — how once-respected brands are absorbed by larger corporations, only to have their ingredients diluted, reformulated and padded out with artificial additions, all while...

I have just returned from Torquay, part of the larger conurbation known as Torbay — several towns pressed together along the curve of the bay, sharing a coastline but retaining their own distinct characters. We stayed in a modest two-star hotel a stone’s throw from the harbor. About 160 guests were on the same three-night bargain break, most of them in their seventies. It was cheerful rather...

I watch hundreds of videos over the course of a week, probably far more than is healthy, but this one really gave me a source for hope in enabling me to see things in perspective with the dreaded backdrop of the scandals that engulf our world daily. I love watching Daryl Anka, who channels Bashar.,  a discarnate spiritual being well versed with what is going on in the universe. Here we see him...

Today I decided to attend the 10:30 am service at the Methodist church in Peasedown St John. Unlike the Church of England, Methodist ministers work within a circuit, meaning they rotate between different churches rather than staying permanently in one place. This morning’s preacher was a retired minister — a “supernumerary,” I believe the term is — and he delivered an engaging, historically...

Today I've had cause to think about the many discussions and arguments I've had with people who I know in advance are not going to change their minds, but nevertheless I go through the motions of disagreeing with them. One of the problems is that our attention is directed in so many ways that we don't have time to give the time and energy to a particular conversation and work it out because our...