I'm still resting after five straight days of activity with our friend and also as reported yesterday more visits to art galleries and centers which I enjoyed enormously. I have to let things settle so today I'm doing very little by my standards anyway. So the topic of the day is .... books 198.6 million books were sold in the United Kingdom in 2023, which is 70.32% fewer sales than in 2022....
then Watch this REEL About age in general, I hear people saying that they are nearly 60, nearly 70, coming on for 75, and I feel like saying well so what. Look at Mary Berry the cook. She is 90 and is as bright as a button. What keeps her going? a sense of purpose and an outgoing personality. I am 80 nearly 81 but am a teenager inside, and I propose to remain that way. So Sunday was a real...
Making the best of 'just another day'. Long story short. I define a 'good day' as making a difference to the lives of other people no matter whether in a small way or a large way. I thought today, Saturday, is as good a day as any to put this to the test not that I need to but just to have the intention of making a difference to other people and enjoying the dialogue. The implication is that...
I have a tendency, albeit a diminishing tendency to ignore people who are doing simple jobs such as cleaning, road sweeping etc. This morning I had my usual breakfast at Wetherspoon's. I've got my order down to a fine art. 'table 37, freedom breakfast, hot drink' I like going to this establishment before about 9:30 in the morning because the place is always quiet except for one or two very...
Amazing how the mind works to bring us people we need to meet. On my social media site someone offered a self-drive petrol mower for £85. My current mower I have had for about six years now and I've abused it so much that it is finally complaining, spluttering, going at variable speeds and I suspect that if I take it back to my wonderful repair agents in Kilmersdon they will shake their heads...
I pride myself on organising my life quite well and anything to do with travel it goes like clockwork but on this occasion everything that could go wrong did go wrong, I was looking forward to my Frome Christian men's group's curry evening. I set off on a moonlit evening to travel the ten miles or so. My dislike or driving at night increases because I find the halogen lights used by cars...
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