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I spend most of my day reading articles mostly pertaining to COVID and the after effects. These I load on to my site, covid-unmasked.net. From time to time I come across articles that do not quite fall under that category but which are never the less interesting and relevant. Nexus Newsfeed is particularly good at publishing high quality provocative articles without being extreme and...

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Something is afoot in London – a coronation perhaps

So what could this be? I remember on the last coronation day I was on the embankment riding on my father's shoulders. It was dark so if I recall it was a firework show or similar. I have to hand it to the Brits, we know how to do our ceremonies. I hear the event cost £275m. That might pay a week's worth of interest on our national debt. But who am I to be a killjoy?  Let us immerse ourselves in...

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A day of telephone calls

If I recall this is my first diary entry about phone calls but they all seemed to happen at once. Last evening I inquired about private medical insurance. This morning I spoke for about half an hour to a very keen and alert representative company. They act on behalf of eleven health companies. Aviva Health was mentioned. Apart from age they want to know if you smoke or have taken drugs. There...

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A trip to Bristol for a private art viewing

A friend of Francoise at her art class is showing 35 of her works in a club and hotel called The Square in a posh area of Bristol. We took the 11.37 No. 172 bus from Brookes the newsagent 6 minutes from our house to the centre of Bristol. Travel time is about one hour. First to Za Za, the monstrous buffet said to be the largest in Europe. During the week the charges are moderate, £12.99 per head...

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What is sin?

Sin — Definition: Literally, a missing of the mark, according to the Hebrew and Greek Bible texts. God himself sets the “mark” that his intelligent creatures are to reach. Missing that mark is sin, which is also unrighteousness, or lawlessness. (Rom. 3:23; 1 John 5:17; 3:4) Sin is anything not in harmony with God’s personality, standards, ways, and will, all of which are holy. It may involve...

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An abundance of joy and celebration during Beltane

May Day or M'Aidez is also the day of Beltane.  Funny how it is used as a signal for urgent help. Traditionally celebrated by Celtic neo-pagans to acknowledge during the midpoint between spring and summer (May 1st), this period marks the planting time and is recognized as a time of peak fertility. We are now halfway between the Spring Equinox & the Summer Solstice. We arrived at about 11.15...

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