Further experiments with bread Believe it or not my day started at about 2:45 a.m. When I could not sleep anymore having gone to bed at the comparatively early hour of 11 pm, I arose. For some reason I seem incapable of making a decent loaf of bread on recent occasions. Mostly, it does not rise and is very soggy inside So being full of beans and having nothing better to do I decided to make...
Month: October 2023
Can we Trust anyone?
Prelude - I love this headline and the feisty nun, 'Way to go!' Video: Nun tackles male climate extremist trying to disrupt Catholic religious center construction in France: 'The Giants need to draft her' What is a Legal Trust? A trust is a legal arrangement for managing assets. There are different types of trusts and they are taxed differently. In a trust, assets are held and managed by one...
A garden job – Israel vs. Palestine – feeling safe
Gardening Job Physically I do not have much energy to write my normal 1500 words though you never know what is going to happen when I get going. The day started bright if a little cold and we went to do a job for a lady called Marge who lost her husband 20 years ago and was trying to prune a bush and a tree at the end of the garden. She was a friendly lady who like most people we work for was...
rotten apples + backup vs back up + thumbs up
The more the English languages degrades and I am referring to use in the media, social media and TV, the more determined I am to respect it and take it seriously or to keep the English language alive. Today’s idea was sparked by my giving the Thumps Up to the waitress in Wetherspoons where I had my increasing expensive Freedom Breakfast with coffee. The current price is £6.69. Who knows what it...
Sunday Fellowship and a counseling session
This morning, Sunday, was a cloudless day and beautiful blue skies (welcome over Skies would be blue wouldn't they). Off to my Vineyard Church meeting, This is a Super Sunday meeting which means there is no actual service as such. Anyone is invited and also to bring along their children for a variety of games and past times. In the main meeting Hall there is a large bouncy castle and the...
Biodynamic Association AGM and a litter of pigs
[tta_listen_btn] NB if anyone reading this attended the conference and spots something incorrect please let me know. There may be a delay in correcting as my software is being upgraded. brian@pobox.com I feel this is going to be a long diary entry. I went to Gloucestershire to attend the annual general meeting of a group that Francoise is particularly keen on, the BioDynamic Association....
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