My Somerset Life

You need to be sharp eyed to see what this is. Clue - it is in Frome. This is the high season for anything involving outdoor celebrations whether themed or locally based.  There is the Priddy Folk Festival which is...

We are all going to die sometime.  Are we prepared? The Grim Reaper does not give notice. It can be a street accident, a fall that turns nasty and exposes weaknesses in the body system that are not repairable, or just...

What you are in defined as what you are willing to struggle for The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience and paradoxically the acceptance of one's negative experiences itself a positive...

Rain forecast for today so we fiddle around in the garden and have drinks in the little alcove that we have prepared. It occurs to me that the Great Reset which is currently throttling the world is an alien experiment...

We decided to follow an invitation in the Mendip Times 'Afternoon Tea every Sunday in July with Marston Music. Says I 'why not?'. The estate is about 3 miles south of Frome and contains an amazingly restored and...

Today there were no less than six local annual Village fairs. Since they all started at about the same time, 2pm, we had to choose which ones to attend. The three we chose are listed below. We went to Compton Dando,...

I write this as the sheer weight of damming information about our future and it does get to me from time to time. Here are some videos that have come to my attention. If this does not frighten the hell out of you then...

I had a strange night last night. I could not quite finish digesting my food which sat in my stomach for about four hours. Went to bed at 10:00pm  and slept until about 2:30 am. Then got up and sat in the living room...

Not a good day. I am not used to being ill. It seems that I have caught and infection from somewhere which is impeding my digestive system. I am not able to function normally and I do not have the energy to do various...