My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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A Christian morning (not in mourning)
This is what I was faced with when I returned from the church group. Francoise had been diligently collecting produce from the garden which includes grapes and we are going to have to use our juicer to...
Small is beautiful – a bit, a little bit – a strange leaflet
Timsbury Monthly Village Market We didn't have much in our diary for today but saw that the local village of Timsbury was holding a market between the rather strange hours of 9.30 and 11 30 in the...
Dog*** – what an assembly – a helping hand – Jungian therapy
What have dogs done to deserve all this association? Dogmatic Asserting or insisting upon ideas or principles, especially when unproven or unexamined, in an imperious or arrogant manner: Doggerel...
post operative day + smart meters
I went to bed last evening really tired. My eye was sticky so I thought I'd follow my own advice so 'in case of need just go to bed'. The danger symptoms we are told to look out for are flashing lights...
Account of my cataract operation at the RUH
Dealing with noise in public places Today is the day when I have my cataract operation. Since it is a procedure entirely new to me I had no views about it and no fears of it. So great is my trust in...
Are we descendants of Bronze Age people? + ‘chemical foods’
I must admit that my image of Bronze Age and other 'ages' people are more primitive than they may have been in reality. I imagine cavemen with clubs. This portrayal I now see is far from accurate. ...
Reflections on 45 years of gardening
Memories of 45 years of gardening Today at 11:00 we trimmed a hedge for a local resident. I always enjoy doing hedges if only to see the improvement of its appearance after my efforts. For this we...
Encouragement and St. Paul, stomach problems and other matters
I attended the morning service of the Vineyard group at the old Radstock Methodist Church. I never know what I'm going to meet or more importantly what is going to happen when I go in the door. There were about ten...
A multi coloured day – Rockaway Park -Frome Carnival
Finding professional help I continue my search for a suitable helper for developing this website. I thought I would try People per Hour (peopleperhour.com) which is a site that many professionals use to get help by...
Ticket splitting and weeds
Bargain Fares? We are contemplating a trip to London in November so yesterday I went to Bath rail station to look at the cost of two tickets return and with a rail card the price quoted was £92 Today I visited a...
The deft hands of my ophthalmologist and other stories
Being wonderfully treated by a professional I love the English language in all its beauty and when I was having my eye injection I used a word that I have not used for as long as I can remember which is the word...
A past memory from 50 years ago
This evening I attended a Scientific and Medical Network ZOOM meeting concerning my mentor Fr. Andrew Glazewski, a catholic, who passed away 50 years ago. He was the person who unstintingly gave his time and energy to...
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