My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Am I on a Desert Island?
I have occasional chats with my friend who's busy writing a book on the effect of the soul on the body from the analytical and scientific viewpoint but of course the cell cannot be adequately contained under the remit...
Starting the day early
Coffee and some lovely home cooked bread which is so delicious you even don't need butter. Time to catch up on a couple of videos . The more I do it, the more I realize that I am at my best on waking. It is peaceful...
Writing a book, article or diary entry from a standing start.
If we carried all our knowledge in our conscious mind, the burden would be too great and we would become unstable. The majority of what we know is in our subconscious mind or let us say our internal filing system. The...
The Hall of Distorting Mirrors
The Hall of distorting mirrors I have recently had cause to consider my position towards the mainstream media. Basically it means media controlled and paid for behind the scenes to have certain...
Can there ever be a day of doing nothing
I had been invited to Slimbridge Wetland Centre today but I visited the site which told me that parts of the reserve were closed for, guess what, our safety. Although it is absolutely lovely wonderful sunny weather and...
Post inaugural meeting reflections + Endoscopy operation
I'm writing this at 9.20pm after a very successful launch meeting for my new local writers group. It was obvious that over half the people were not local so we may re Christen it as a Somerset group of some sort but...
Trumpeting the start of a new era?
If this is not the greatest summary of events to date I don't know what is. Jan 19 2025 - The Great Awakening Is Coming. Stand by... Writing styles of my exemplar Samuel Pepys My exemplar Samuel Pepys sometimes did not...
A Message from Dracos 1:02:39 + the benefits of planning a meeting
For those who have a local view of life, like we are the only living species in the universe. I recommend this video. I have never put this type of material up before on my diary site but consider the implications of...
The comfort of a fire – techniques of interviewers – writers meeting
The Comfort of a fire This morning I went off to Wetherspoon's here in Midsomer Norton to have my usual sunshine breakfast and to my delight they had a real life fire though it was not that cold . There is something...
The best value for money leisure park IMO
Being on a boat of this nature, in this case the ferry to the Isle of Wight, reminded me of my time in a ship going to Freetown, Sierra Leone, when I was very young accompanying my father who was a missionary, and it...
The art of welcoming strangers into an unfamiliar place
In these days of fear and insecurity it is more problematic for people to summon up the courage to go along to somewhere new especially when they don't know people. I've pretty much lost my fear of going into strange...
Rubbish mobile phone service + would you drink drain cleaner?
THE MAN WHO ORDERED 4 GLASSES OF COKE FOR BREAKFAST Is Coca-Cola an addiction? I've just got back from Wetherspoons today Wednesday 15th January 2025 (yes its real time writing) where I enjoyed my normal Freedom...
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A dairy by Brian Snellgrove
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703
