The lunch date that never happened We were looking forward to meeting with the friend in Coleford at a community facility called The Hub where a group of good people produce lunch every Wednesday Thursday and Friday. You don't have to book up, you just turn up the meals are supposed to be very reasonably priced and I'm sure cooked with love. We arrived at the place at the agreed time of 12:15 to...
I so much did NOT look forward to this call Today I had to call Sky to remove an element from my package and also to order a new sky Q box because the Sky Plus box is now redundant. I hesitated for two weeks before calling because my antipathy to Sky as a system is so great I really had to fight to overcome it. Basically the website has been dumbed down so much that outside certain lowest common...
The price of prescriptions for eye glasses Today was one of those days when I was relatively free from appointments but the day fills up as it always does. I went for an eye test to my local optician in Radstock. They are always very kind and helpful and the consulted found that I needed an alteration in my prescription I have got used to varifocals so I hope it was not going to be too expensive...
Today's soliloquy* is based on reading Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son in which he endeavours to give advice about various matters including relationships and friendships. This father is diligent and conscientious to deliver the best possible advice to his son and after reading it I'm going to give my version on how I would advise my younger self to increase the circle and meaningfulness...
Today's diary entry is occasioned by my having got hold of the video below which is basically about Starmer encouraging with every means at his disposal the rise in profile of the Muslim faith here in the United Kingdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTIWvDy8H4I Try this one British Journalist Makes Muslim Crowd SPEECHLESS With The Ugly Truth About Islam Or this one for balance Cliff's Edge |...
A sense of community is not just important, it's the only thing. I've always been a community person ever since I could remember certainly in my 20s and the so-called swinging 60s. I did very little actual swinging, more morose hanging around wandering what I was doing on the planet. Today we visited Timsbury for the well established annual seeds swap. It's not only seeds actually but plants,...
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