My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Conclusion of short break in North Somerset
I do not like to leave anything unrecorded but on this occasion I find myself somewhat short of energy and time so I will be publishing a few pictures that will have to suffice. On the Friday morning, the day of our...
Testimonies of those who have seen heaven
I have always been interested in life after death or more specifically what happens when you leave this mode of existence and move to another and what experience is people get. Advanced information is obtained when...
A Stay at an award winning Somerset BandB+ – was it worth it?
We decided to have a pre birthday mini holiday this time going to an award winning bed and breakfast come Hotel near Porlock in Somerset called Bossington Hall. The manager and owner, Guy, was in Liverpool receiving...
A local summer fete – Radstock in all its glory
Off to the Radstock summer fair which is held in a field adjacent to St Nicholas Church. It is one of the most local fairs I have been with local homegrown entertainment, including a pop-up town band where you did not...
Yet more from Bath on a sunny but breezy day
Off to Bath to buy some bits and pieces for my birthday party next Sunday. We stopped off at the Methodist church in Manvers Street. There is always a welcome in this clean and bright place with plenty of social...
Starting a new ZOOM group – a practical example
Irrespective of how long I have been in the field, I love starting new things. If something is there in the ether but has not been manifested in the physical form I feel strangely secure. I always felt this way and I...
The extra ordinary amongst the ordinary
We saw this when we went to Farringdon Farm yesterday. Sometimes I say to myself ' you can't make this up' and I would apply this in this instance. Today, a couple of small events one of which took place in...
The lost art of conversation
Anything will grow rusty and fade away without practice and discipline and this applies to conversation with our fellow human beings as well as playing the piano or writing a bike. For some years now I have been...
A busy and showery bank holiday in Bath
One of the best measures of whether the tourist season has begun are for some unknown reason the number of Japanese tourists. We decided to take the bus instead of driving and arrived about 11 am whereupon we swiftly...
Writing a speech for a special occasion
On the occasion of my 80th birthday I have thrown a party and I want to reflect on the last 80 years but also don't want to bore people to death. I will try and give my utterances in postcard size chunks and also...
How not to run a meeting
I signed up for a zoom call with an organization whose name I will not mention here; the idea was to form a spiritual group to discuss aspects of the particular field. This was led by two ladies both of whom had...
A talk on silence and my reaction to it
Today A scientific and Medical Network monthly book talk took place with David Lorimer and Sarah Anderson author of the book ' The Lost Art of Silence - reconnecting to the power and beauty of quiet' This was just the...
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