My Somerset Life

ALSO SEE Are cheap UK package holidays worth it? I don't want to bore people to death with standard tourist stuff but this was my impression of the various places we visited well on our journey within East Anglia. For...

Today, a routine shopping morning and a visit to the bakers to pick up some scones for a social meeting that I'm having this afternoon. A friend of mine, Terry, is very skilled and knowledgeable about American...

However many times I visit Bath, there is always something new to experience. I was able to help several visitors (as I like to do) and when you see Japanese people you know that the season has started. This time I...

The International Day of Happiness The happiness holiday started when the General Assembly of the United Nations decided that March 20th would be International Day of Happiness. According to the UN's website, it did...

Monday morning, up early to a blue sky with scudding white clouds. I survey my diary for the week. I have a zoom meeting this evening with the  Scientific and Medical Network, Wednesday off to Glastonbury to celebrate...

All Quiet on the Western Front It is nice to have a day off after yesterday's tumultuous question in which I asked whether Kate Middleton was dead . I had record viewing numbers and a number of colourful and varied...

An exploding news day "the day began like any other" Samuel Pepys, my exemplar, was normally occupied with his day-to-day affairs of business but when the Fire of London came along his attention was diverted and his...

There are many variations that English and American speakers use, and each expression means slightly different things. Expressions are also context relevant #1 Good Morning/afternoon/evening The earliest known use of...

A new church experience I left early for my 10:30 am service and stopped off at Porky's which is my ultimate working men's class cafe hoping to have a coffee and a snack or two but when I arrived, the place was full....