Month: March 2020

Up early, the usual check around to see that everything is locked and that the gas is turned off. We normally turn all electrical appliances off except the fridge and freezer that we have to trust to behave well, not catch fire etc We had breakfast at an eatery called the Giraffe opposite Bath bus station. Porridge was the order of the day with which we had with generous amounts of fruit and it...

A week does not go by without my buying another book.  This is a very small selection of books that I intend to read and in some cases are reading.  Let's go over these in some detail. Prayer – Philip Yancey.  It is so easy for prayer to become a shopping list.  Philip looks into why we pray, how we pray , to whom we pray and for what reason.  His main tenet is that God knows what we want before...

In spite of of Samuel Pepys' many duties he used to occasionally lie in bed until late in the morning.  I suspect he needed to because the pain from his various ailments were stronger than he cared to admit. However, this has nothing to do with the fact that today I stayed in the lovely warmth of my bed until 11 o'clock. I disregarded my portable radio news programs which are permanently...

This post is somewhat of a rant.  I take considerable care to make sure that I'm evenhanded in my opinions.  In this case I'm reviewing my attitude to the the BBC.  This is an excellent film (below) which shows the bias the BBC and their unwillingness to engage with those who disagree with them..  What I like about this interview is its measured page and thoughtful nature. After watching this...

My exemplar Samuel Pepys used to describe his anatomical problems in great detail.  He had gallstones; the method for operations and for pain protection was somewhat more basic than in today's world. What I'm about to say will seem meek and mild compared with him. I don't really know what extreme pain is but I do know what discomfort is.  My stomach problems are entering into a new phase with or...

I bet you anything you like you would not dream of what I'm going to reveal but first, my day.   I went along to the normal coffee morning at Paulton church.  Eventually there were about 20 of us and among them were a retired Church of England vicar and his wife.  I heard him mentioning that he had brought along some books for the book exchange and we started chatting about books that he himself...