Yesterday we had a thoroughly enjoyable day in Bristol, helped considerably by good weather and by one of those intuitive promptings which occasionally tells me that I should be somewhere. I have learned over the years not to dismiss these feelings too quickly. Françoise had some practical objectives. She wanted to buy a new pair of shoes and also look for materials for her painting. My own...
Things That Depress Me There are many things in modern society that leave me feeling discouraged or saddened. Some concern politics, others culture, and others simply the way people relate to one another. Whether or not others share these views, they are the issues that weigh most heavily on my mind. I feel uneasy about what I see as a growing separation between traditional Christianity and the...
You Can't Be Happy Alone – Was Aristotle Right? Aristotle believed that human happiness, or eudaimonia ("flourishing"), cannot be achieved in isolation. He argued that we are social beings by nature and that a life without meaningful relationships falls short of true fulfilment. Modern research strongly supports this view. Robert Waldinger's Harvard Study of Adult Development, which followed...
I do not often refer to political sources, but this one needs to be kept for posterity. Thank you, Matt Goodwin. Why winning elections is NOT ENOUGH - inside a new plan to take on The Regime Matt Goodwin May 27, 2026 I strongly recommend that you subscribe to this substack channel https://www.mattgoodwin.org/subscribe Matt Goodwin’s newsletter goes to 94,000 subscribers. Inner Circle and Paid...
The Frome community networking event I attended Wednesday caused me to focus on many topics, the fruits of which will appear in the coming days. For more than ten years I have kept a daily diary, now running to something like two million words. What began as a simple record of events slowly became something else: a mirror. Over time, patterns began to reveal themselves — not only in the world...
When the right soul walks into your life, it feels different. It's not just romance; it's a shift. They don't create drama; they bring peace. They don't dwell on your past; they honour the strength you built from it. Their presence pushes you to heal, to rise, and to grow into the version of yourself you've always been capable of becoming. It's not simply a relationship. It's a partnership in...
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