My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Am I lazy?
I have not written a diary for a couple of days now because I feel lazy. I have actually been quite productive but in respect of summing up my feelings about the day, I find my motivation lacking. I have decided not to...
These are my favorite Android apps
I have an Android oneplus 6 which I know is a minority product but it suits me well enough so just for fun I'm going to share what features I use and why I enjoy using them. Brian, Ed. SANTANDAR I'm amazed how...
The ‘Ultimate Summary’ of what being a Christian requires
From the Editor: For the first time ever, since I started writing this diary I've come across a piece written by David Sorenson, which if ever an item deserved dissemination this does, because it goes to the root of...
The eight types of love, revisited.
On the 5th of March 2018, six years ago, I wrote an article about various types of love. You can find it here https://www.briansnellgrove.net/2018/03/05/love-comes-in-many-shapes-and-sizes/ 6 years have passed and I...
Getting life in proportion and setting priorities
Today is one of those days when I step back to contemplate our future. What we can realistically expect? What state of mind should we hold? How do we keep our morale up? I am copying you in on what I watched today. Not...
Are cheap UK package holidays worth it?
Also see Notes on a visit to Norfolk Once a Yorkshire man, always a Yorkshire man? Maybe it is because I was born in Yorkshire but I'm always on the lookout for a bargain and back in October I spotted in the Midsomer...
Notes on a visit to Norfolk
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...
What is the ideal number at a social gathering?
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...
A saunter round Bath with an old friend
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...
International Happiness Day – yes, really
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...
An Encounter with an awesome Christian organisation
The first breath of Spring, plus following my intuition A day of responding to the first breaths of Spring by us working in the garden, digging, pruning, cutting and somewhat obsessively collecting firewood to save...
Ah, the young people of today – how they behave!!!!
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...
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