Just thought I would reproduce this extra-ordinary photo - Ed. Today, a respite from the wind and rain. Its actually quite a sunny and warm day around 13 degrees which is not bad at all for January. We decided to go for lunch to the Mendip Pantry. Françoise asked me if we were going out to lunch, or just to lunch. The former can have awkward connotations without the right context implying you...
Nature has been around for far longer than when human kind first stepped on the earth and it will be here far longer than us if we degrade ourselves or destroy ourselves in some war or another. You would have thought that's through observing the laws of nature we would learn lessons that could somehow influence our behavior. Anyone working on the land, allotments or gardens will relate to what...
CIA Spy On WW3, Jeffrey Epstein, Israel-Hamas, AI & Social Media Brainwashing | Andrew Bustamante A brilliant three hour film on the world situation. human nature and how to be understood. This is one of the most exciting, morale-restoring experience recorded in this diary I have made due to a video that because it lasts longer than three hours I can pretty much guarantee that most...
Barrett's esophagus - what is it? I will go short of saying that I would not wish this on my worst enemy. For those of you who do not know, there is a little flap in the esophagus that stops acid coming up into the throat. When this flap is shall we say lazy or only partly effective, the acids of the stomach which are strong as they have to be make themselves known through an unpleasant bloating...
An initial reality check here on what I am actually saying - today Saturday in what used to be called the year of our Lord 2024 I have no formal activity. Nothing in the diary. A great gaping hole. How can I possibly survive without any entry in my diary or a 'to do' list. The brain never stops. There are programs running in the background at all times with hopefully a cessation during the...
Amazing what nature can do. How to be a good customer or supplier in a transaction This diary entry was prompted by someone who has a client where the course of work has become more onerous than originally expected so this is primarily directed at those of you that have or engage with small businesses, who are a sole traders or otherwise make contracts in the course of your business. Let's take...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703