Being Listened To – The Courage to Speak and the Wisdom to Remain Silent One of the things I value most in human relationships is the experience of being genuinely listened to. I do not spend my entire life talking to people, although I enjoy conversation and the exchange of ideas, but when I have something that I consider worthwhile to say, I appreciate the courtesy of another person's...
Giving the Volvo a Proper Outing Today I gave my trusty old Volvo 2.5 a proper workout, driving across the country via Cirencester and eventually returning home via the M5, making a journey of 258 miles. The Volvo is at its best on long journeys. Once it gets going, it seems perfectly happy to continue for hours, and I have to say I rather enjoy the experience of driving a car that has been...
I really have difficulty understanding the two-tier system in which people who come into our country uninvited, sometimes with standards of behaviour rather different from our own, appear to be treated with deference. I really don't care what religion people follow or what their background is. They could be two-headed aliens from Mars for all I care. But when you enter another country, you...
The Bosnian Pyramids: Technical Presentation by Dr Sam Edited transcript: headings and paragraph breaks added. One or two technical names are not clear. Produced by ACHES Sunday zoom group. https://aches.international/ - Adult Child Health & Environmental Support Nicholas: Oh, good! Right, that's excellent. I'm glad that I managed to do that. Dr Sam, as is often called, has given humanity...
This is a Rumble video from a group called Muckraker.com It has a level of authenticity that other accounts do not have, at least for me. Replacing Europe: Following The World's Deadliest Migration Route - FULL DOCUMENTARY Why I have decided to concentrate on the things I can change For the past three or four years, I have become increasingly concerned about the direction in which this country...
Why do we make something as straightforward as communication so unnecessarily complicated? I spend far more time than I probably should sitting in front of my computer, exploring websites, corresponding with people and generally poking my nose into matters which may or may not concern me. After all these years, I thought I had encountered most of the peculiarities of the internet. However, I...
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