Month: December 2017

This morning I had a series of extraordinary images appear in front of my eyes - or was it in my brain - in my semi-waking state.  I wish I could remember all the details. The first scenario was that I found myself in the vicinity of a cathedral organ. The unknown player decided to activate the stops with the deepest notes, I think it's 64 feet if I recall. Suddenly, smoke started to billow from...

This post attempts to show that people in difficulty do not necessarily welcome the help that you see - oh so clearly -  that they need. I also want to talk about some of the basic principles of how to construct a site. I have a friend who has built a website which has become over a period of time what I call a dog's dinner. It is easy to see that different pages have been added at different...

On a miserable,  cold and rainy day why bother to sit on the 376 bus to Bristol? Two very good reasons. I seem to have quite a good, in fact very good, inner guidance system. When I read about films, plays, places to go, the right item jumps out at me and I know I have to comply. Well, perhaps 'comply' is too strong a word. Let us say I'm strongly attracted to going to the event concerned. The...

I switched on Trans World Radio early on this cold and frosty morning. The rising Sun is making the clouds appear pink. I look forward to a day of arranging the Christmas decorations, planning food and all the tidying up things that you do before Christmas. It is easy to go into overdrive and lay in food as if you were going to be besieged. The fact is that with the exception of Christmas Day...

I'm coming up to my 250th diary entry now and nearly up to 300,000 words. I'm quite intrigued by the lack of response when I know that sometimes I'm being quite controversial in what I say. I was quite delighted therefore to come across on Facebook a comment on my article on rape "so called rape allegations" A person who knew me responded robustly. "I’m left a bit speechless by this. Appalling...

Nothing major here, but if you want to know about 'continuous creativity' then this is the place to linger for a few moments.We are lucky enough to live near one of the major quilting centres in the UK.  This humble showroom, situated in the middle of nowhere, draws customers from all over the world and they have a large regular clientelle. Quilting is the process of sewing two or more layers of...