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Brian Snellgrove

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The value of listening

Not much to say today. We are preparing the house for a visit by my son and his wife. I found a lovely story which I enclose. I got it off Facebook but it is a little bit difficult to read so I am reproducing it....

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Midsummer solstice at Glastonbury

A very pleasant trip by bus for a jolly mid Summer Solstice celebration tainted by one thing. Due to pressure from Woke people they had removed a copy of a statue created by an artist who had some questionable sexual...

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The start of my 9th Decade

After the guests have gone, the helium filled balloons are still hanging around in my living room even after a week It is slowly dawning on me that I'm into my ninth decade of life in this particular cycle. This...

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An unexpected Pride encounter in Frome

Saturday morning and nothing planned for the day. Raining but promise of sunshine later on so once again I followed my instinct and decided to go to Frome.  In a way you are walking towards nothing but I know myself...

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Am I a churchgoer? Not really. 

I have had 80 years worth of being a member of so many congregations that I have lost count. I thought it would be a good time to reflect on all my experiences, good bad and indifferent, and see if this resonates with...

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My 80th birthday party – key “to do’s”

14 people were invited and 14 people showed up. There is always the moment before when you've done everything you can and say to yourself, what happens if?.....    I'm glad to say that people did show up, they bought...

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It was my birthday yesterday

I was motivated to find out (or remind myself) of the characteristics of my star sign, Gemini.  I can relate well to what was said in Directory.com so reproduce it here.  See the full article by visiting here As May...

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