My time, energy and attention are now focused on the three villages I am working with, where I’m using my writing skills to record life through personal interviews. My hope is to create a picture for future generations of what village life was like in 2025. Tomorrow, for example, I’m meeting someone who happens to be a world expert on crayfish — not the sort of person you might expect to find in...
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To set the scene, here’s a bit of context for what follows. I scan the Mendip Times each month to see what is going on. You would have thought that after my major effort yesterday in Stanton Drew I would have had enough of writing, but that's not the way it works with me. If I write a good piece then that stimulates me to write more, so in my search today Sunday we noticed a small entry...
I have a bee in my bonnet. I don't know whether anyone will take notice of me, but my role in life includes helping the helpers behind the scenes. One of the ways I can be useful is at a conference or gathering. In the old days, before the internet, lecturers were sought out to enlighten the masses. They were delivering new information that many had not heard before. Now we all have access to...
A splendid day at the Chewton Mendip Fete in July 2025
Rise 3.45 AM and sleep fitfully on the living room sofa. So the first thing I do is to read an article on 'Medium' which is an opportunity for authors to write good quality work on various issues; this one was about listening to people. I cannot show you because it's a subscription service but someone made the point that good managers will listen to people more than speak, and ask them what they...
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