My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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My prepared speech to those willing to listen re climate change
I never gave the speech as it was not opportune, but here it is anyway I would like to make a number of key points which have not been mentioned before and which will hopefully add to the value of the meeting this...
‘Doing a Sarah’ – Something for Nothing or a waste of money?
I write this because I was at the recycle the other week and I saw a man trying to dispose of a bicycle and asking the staff if they felt it could find a good home. I immediately jumped on it, put it in the back of my...
Climate Change – Carbon Dioxide Special
Local voices for people and planet. This was an informal meeting announced in the paper where various topics would be discussed including recycling, transport, oh and climate change. The structure of the meeting was...
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 ...
Wells visit – What is the difference between a tourist and a traveler?
I had the answer today following a chance encounter in the museum of Wells with a mixed race couple. She was from Birmingham and he was from I'll take a guess the Caribbean. But let us start from the beginning. On our...
More reflections on ZOOM calls plus Sheeple
I can only repeat my plea for the organizer and the speaker to have a dress rehearsal beforehand. In today's case the speaker had not prepared her slides properly and they were seen in a format which should have been...
Glasto ticket price in 2025 – Meetings – virtual or face to face meetings- which do you prefer
Are virtual meetings more useful than face-to-face meetings? The prompt to this question was a request for a customer for whom I am doing a gardening job to come round and discuss the next development. I wrote to him...
What it’s like to have a camera put up my private part
OK that is a giveaway in that I admit I am a biological male. I can tell that because of my external appendages. If in doubt, look south. Did anyone try this on the 'male' boxer who presented herself at the Paris...
My difficulty in concentrating when reading a book
Brian: About the method of reading books especially serious stuff I will tell you what happens. I read a couple of pages and I can get so excited by an idea that I have to stop reading and pace around for half an hour...
What does it mean to be saved (by Jesus)
As some of you know I have until recently been a member of an evangelical congregation by the name of the Vineyard Church. Internal politics shattered the framework of the local group structure and as a result people...
Only in Glastonbury…..
This is going to be one of those days where without any previous intention this is going to be a full diary. Today is the celebration of Samhein otherwise known as Halloween and we set off early to go to Glastonbury to...
Returning my electric bike after a month’s free hire
Today I returned my very heavy 31 kilogram workhorse electric bike to the very knowledgeable lady who runs the scheme in Radstock. I had not ridden it as much as I would have liked but I have discovered the following:...
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