My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Rev Ian Snares – mens Christian group Frome
This is a testimony of the Vicar at Holy Trinity Frome at our mens group this evening Thursday 13 Nov 2025 My journey to becoming a vicar has never been straightforward. In many ways, it has meandered its way through...
MAF – Mission Aviation Fellowship – saving lives in Africa
Francoise agreed to come with my to my adopted chapel and enjoy a visiting speaker, Robert Dungey, who is one of the regional co-coordinators for MAF UK 'Flying for Life'. There were about a dozen of us and Robert gave...
Honouring the Life of a Wonderful Man
It is very seldom that I attend a funeral but this one was of a friend that I was getting to know and who passed from us very recently, so we met in the chapel that I call my anchor point for worship which is...
Taking the plunge with my new book
This evening I have come to a decision that I'm going to take my book to the publishing stage with Kindle Direct Publishing without paying someone else to help me. I received quotes from £999 up, more typically £1500...
Reflections on attending a conference
Last weekend I travelled to a Bemer conference held at the Holiday Inn just outside Coventry. I decided to arrive a couple of days early, partly as a small break and partly to settle myself before the event. Coventry...
A day of contrasting videos
My most productive hours are after I wake up at 6:00 and when I have had my coffee. This is where ideas appear in front of my consciousness - new and fresh - and I also flick through my mobile phone to see what videos...
My Pen Hasn’t Stopped — It’s Just Wandered Off
I don’t have a great deal to write about in my diary at the moment, mainly because my creative energy is being siphoned off into another direction. Most of it is going into a series of essays about life in a corner of...
A good work of art to view after having teeth extracted
Off to the dentist this morning to have a tooth removed and as I have been living on soup and paracetamol for the last four days it was a relief. Francoise came along for support. Our dentist in Bath, David, is very...
Distractions but for a good reason
My time, energy and attention are now focused on the three villages I am working with, where I’m using my writing skills to record life through personal interviews. My hope is to create a picture for future generations...
Three Brilliant video talks from clear-minded individuals
Come on guys and girls, exercise your brain with these high IQ people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCiEHGVMwA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuq1bdd8gq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNNPNL-KKc&t=3266s I saw...
Is this the end of your chains? – A day workshop.
Yesterday I had the interesting experience of listening to a day of presentations by Phillip Day on the subject of all that is corrupt and dishonest in the world and inviting us to become more aware and raise our...
Muslims in the UK
I 'normally' whatever that word means write my own stuff but this letter below jumped out at me as a warning of how this country will change or continue to change exacerbated by the influx of illegal immigrants. The...
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