I had been invited to Slimbridge Wetland Centre today but I visited the site which told me that parts of the reserve were closed for, guess what, our safety. Although it is absolutely lovely wonderful sunny weather and the drive would have been great I decided to leave it until the weather was better or should I say warmer. Another factor is that it costs c £18 to enter which is around the level of the National Trust so I would rather have a longer day with more pleasant weather. I am sure it is good value for money.
Time to review our worship of ‘God’
I don’t normally put links into my journal but this one is very good because it exactly sums up what I feel about organized religion where we are supposed to worship a God outside ourselves. This lady author would beg to differ so if you have a moment do read the article. Judith Kusel: The Time to Look for Saviors Outside of Us are Over
The language below is what the English would say is ‘my cup of tea’
We bow to authorities outside ourselves instead of realizing that we have the innate knowing within, and our own mission and purpose to fulfill, without needing to give our power away to anyone or anything outside ourselves.
A day of chores.
There are so many elements involved in maintaining a property and it is so easy to get behind. We had a new freezer delivered yesterday and it is humming away quietly in the background but meanwhile
We realized that our current freezer has not been cleaned for years and needed to de iced. My goodness did it need it. Ice a mile thick. I wonder how we got any food in.
As you know I like etymology so here is the origin of CHORE.
a small job or task,” especially “a piece of minor domestic work of regular or frequent recurrence,” 1751, American English, variant of char, from Middle English cherre “odd job,” from Old English cerr, cierr “turn, change, time, occasion, affair business.”
Great tips from someone who has been there and done it.
This video was the most unlikely a source of information about how to make the most of a conference. Larry has been to conferences all over the world shortly be going to the WEF conference in Davos.
He has given many useful tips as to how to get the most out of a conference and this comes out of many observations of conferences throughout the world. He does not attempt to join the plenary sessions but joins one of the many breakout rooms which are not considered so security sensitive.
He says that if he was banned from the full conference he would find restaurants and coffee houses where people gather, sit down at his own on a table and wait for people to come. This is such clever stuff that I’ve never heard expressed before so do have a watch.
Just like to comment i agree with so much of what you write, im glad i can have a nose at your Diary, even though im unable to join writing group at the moment. IN your diary i particularly found the title ‘Can there ever be a day of doing nothing.’ such a point. Even with the best laid plans of having a day doing nothing, I found myself with a power cut out and a hundred phone calls. my feet hav’nt touched the floor !
Etymology of your phrase is from a Scottish writer: No matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it. The saying is adapted from a line in “To a Mouse,” by Robert Burns : “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.”