My Somerset Life

What is it to be 'jolly?' So what does the word 'jolly' mean? Of a person, is to do with being happy, and up beat. There are other words for people who tell jokes, raconteurs, or serenely happy people. A place can look...

This post is subject to revision. When it has been revised this notice will disappear. - Ed. How do we learn? How do we learn? I'm not talking so much about adult book learning but how we instinctively learn and thus...

Coffee morning in our local church This was one of those days when we had no obligatory commitments, so first of all off to coffee at All Saints Church in Paulton. A couple were complaining that their car had left them...

Salt in the wound It really is rubbing salt into the wound when for one reason or another you find yourself on your own, knowing that in the vicinity the majority of other people are getting tipsy, having their...

HELLO MY ATTACHED ONE Hi dear, I'm a good woman with a cheerful smile on my face who's at the moment trying to find a loving relationship. All i am able to possibly write regarding myself personally for now is that I...

Reel People Films - Kilmersdon One of the things I don't like about going to modern cinemas is that you have to sit through 20 minutes of percussive advertising for films that you have no intention of seeing and which...

Someone owes me money I woke up this morning to a difficult mental situation. Someone had not paid me money that was due when they normally pay straight away and I was concerned that I had upset them in some way or...

Bring on Wetherspoons! I wish this country could be run by Wetherspoons. They are very focused on customer service; I am reminded of the text in the Bible beginning ' no man can serve two masters.....' you can't have a...

I'm going to ponder today on the ways that I have been served. In more informal terms I could say, being looked after. I must first of all admit that I had been very cynical about expecting to be served in anything...

Let's respond to these statements together #  I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, life (that) others expected of me #  I wish I hadn't worked so hard #  I wish that had the courage to express my...

So, from my perspective as I sit here on a Sunday afternoon still enjoying the memories of the holiday that I have recently had. We have the following world situation: # Israel is using the excuse or 'code' of getting...