My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Muslim Woman Confronts Christian – lessons to learn
https://www.youtube.com/live/lbbaxUC4eSQ So when did you last have an argument? When did you last have a dialogue with people with whom you disagreed? I think that many lessons can be drawn from this YouTube Christian...
Child Molester Clergy to head the Church of England
I've just listened to a Radio 4 file report saying that someone who was a convicted pedophile, Stephen Cottrell, is going to take over from the Archbishop of Canterbury during the interregnum period. What gets me is...
Avoiding or evading Christmas depression
Funny how things hit me out of nowhere. So first, am I avoiding or evading. Probably a bit of both. When it comes to avoiding and evading, both terms involve steering clear of something undesirable. However, there is...
A reflection on why I keep this journal
Why do I write my diaries? Just to remind you, I was inspired a number of years ago by Samuel Pepys, the London diarist of the 17th century. He wrote his diary to record his experiences and observations of life in...
Overcrowded Wells Market + the passing of another shop
I had an excellent experience with the Christian men's group in Frome today, more to come in another newsletter. I must say the quality of males in such groups is in another league from the type of people I find in...
Artificial Intelligence vs. ‘I think, therefore I am’
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. He was born and raised in France, but traveled extensively around Europe and spent most of his working life in the Dutch...
The Grinch’s opinion of the Bath Christmas Market, plus a complete surprise
Scroll down for The Grinch opinion if you are not interested in art. This was the day ordained to go around Bath Christmas Market before it closes next Sunday. By coincidence, though I never believe in such things, it...
This talk is music to my ears plus … a RANT
My goodness look how our language is derived. Here are a few sentences from the start of a speech on 'common Law' that jumped into my IN box. Whether or not it is true, partly true, or fantasy it makes me think of word...
A formula for the ideal meeting – social or cultural
I had the privilege this evening of facilitating a meeting by zoom that was the closest to becoming a role model for social and cultural meetings including committee meetings This was about dowsing and was a spin off...
What is the purpose of life and living?
This is an unlikely image to start today's ball rolling. Us versus the elements, there is no contest. I contemplate the puny powers of humankind compared with the might of nature. At the current time with order versus...
Being conned out of £20,000 + Climate Cafe meeting
I agreed to give a counseling session to one of my long-standing clients on a Sunday morning. I know him well enough that he would only ask for such a thing if he wasn't in extreme difficulty and so it was. He...
Wind
You find out the strength of the wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down . C.S. Lewis. We experienced last night and this morning one of the biggest batterings of wind we have had this year. We felt its...
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