Today our bodies has returned from our holiday but our spirit is still lingering in the coach halfway between Birmingham and Bath. I feel sorry for people who have to jump into work with day after they arrive back from a holiday because it is such an environmental and spiritual shock. Today we did virtually nothing. It was raining so I decided to light our log fire to raise our spirits, not that...
psychology
Why do employers treat their staff so badly?
Our satellite feed coach driver, Darren, said that he had worked in a family business for many years but it had recently been taken over. The Firm was involved with making steel rings for industry. He said the new owners had a completely different attitude and were only interested in money and profit. There's a surprise in this day and age!!! He said that when he had completed 20 years service...
What is force? – Are Chinese goods below standard?
The Escaping Poly tunnel I have had an interesting day today Sunday. What a wind! Our carefully installed poly tunnel just disappeared and plonked itself in the next garden. We had two retrieve it by throwing it back over the fence and that in rain and wind. Thank goodness the neighbor was understanding. What seems to happen is that the wind gets under the material and turns it into a huge...
Alan Watts The Woman who walks alone – video 21:06 + travel tickets over Christmas
We might as well say 'the person who walks alone'. Great message in this troubled age. This is a very heartwarming and encouraging rendering which should stir the spirit of any sentient person. The writer has a finger on the pulse of humanity with all its strengths and weaknesses. His work is almost poetry. Here is another one. 'For when you think too much'. Are problems illusory? ...
Is a banana a fruit – and other mysteries of training for local radio
This is one of the more spontaneous diary creations that I can recall and it concerns today's visit to a local radio station, should I say a community radio station, to get some training about how to run shows and do interviews. I set off around 8:30 am to go the 10 miles to the destination and on the way I was greeted by banks of fog followed by a clear skies followed by more fog which caused...
Trauma of throwing things away + ‘nobody is your enemy’
Yes I find the trauma of clearing anything away let alone throwing anything away still significant as you may need them at some point. The fact that they have been around for years is not relevant. Oh my goodness how much stuff we accumulate and how little of it do we really need. Françoise wanted to go out and buy some more conditioner liquid for use in the washing machine cycle and I...
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