My Somerset Life

A Great Scam It all started this last Monday when I wrote to my friend who was going to send me some computer kit. Apparently went to the post office to post this and sent me a bill accordingly. On the Tuesday morning,...

I woke up fairly early, 06:15 actually, to the sound of rain. I made a coffee plus a toasted baguette with cheese and turned on GB news. I alternate with Talk TV. I enjoy the directness of David Bull and his no...

Eating/Stomach problems (contd) I had another difficult evening yesterday with the problem of eating late which seems to correlate with an inability to digest, vomiting, and bloating. I find it so difficult to sever...

How many friends do we have? I was watching Chris Eubank on TV this morning. He is a very outgoing personality. He says he has a million friends or should we say contacts but actually no friends. I wonder what this is...

About 20 of us gathered in the Methodist Church in Radstock for the last Vineyard service of its type before the summer break. One of the leaders is going to Hong Kong for two and a half weeks and others will be on...

You need to be sharp eyed to see what this is. Clue - it is in Frome. This is the high season for anything involving outdoor celebrations whether themed or locally based.  There is the Priddy Folk Festival which is...

We are all going to die sometime.  Are we prepared? The Grim Reaper does not give notice. It can be a street accident, a fall that turns nasty and exposes weaknesses in the body system that are not repairable, or just...

What you are in defined as what you are willing to struggle for The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience and paradoxically the acceptance of one's negative experiences itself a positive...

Françoise returned from her yoga at around 11:30 so do we go to Bath or do we not? She wants to find a suitable piece of luggage to take away with her when we go to London in a couple of weeks.As the sun is shining and...

Rain forecast for today so we fiddle around in the garden and have drinks in the little alcove that we have prepared. It occurs to me that the Great Reset which is currently throttling the world is an alien experiment...

We decided to follow an invitation in the Mendip Times 'Afternoon Tea every Sunday in July with Marston Music. Says I 'why not?'. The estate is about 3 miles south of Frome and contains an amazingly restored and...