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Fly on the wall – Notices in our local St Chad’s surgery

I had I had cause to visit my local GP and whilst waiting for him I decided to have a look around the waiting area to see who was saying what, which potential problems were being identified and how they were trying to involve the audience, the cohort in a call to action. My comment - it's difficult to read the type white on colour especially 'where it's okay not to be okay' I'm not sure this was...

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What happens when you file a suit for sexual molestation (USA)

This is mainly for my readers from the USA but also a warning for ladies everywhere I thought this would be interesting to everyone, especially females, since all females are by their nature vulnerable to  predatory actions from the male section of society. It is very sad that the following interview  by Dr Naomi Wolf has to be made. I think there are lots of lessons from this medium length...

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The value of listening

Not much to say today. We are preparing the house for a visit by my son and his wife. I found a lovely story which I enclose. I got it off Facebook but it is a little bit difficult to read so I am reproducing it. Native American Powwows "We Indians know about silence. We are not afraid of it. In fact, for us, silence is more powerful than words. Our elders were trained in the ways of silence,...

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Midsummer solstice at Glastonbury

A very pleasant trip by bus for a jolly mid Summer Solstice celebration tainted by one thing. Due to pressure from Woke people they had removed a copy of a statue created by an artist who had some questionable sexual activity and the pathetic trustees felt that if it might cause offense it should be removed from its place around the well itself to another place as yet undetermined. We had never...

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The start of my 9th Decade

After the guests have gone, the helium filled balloons are still hanging around in my living room even after a week It is slowly dawning on me that I'm into my ninth decade of life in this particular cycle. This morning, I went to trim a hedge in the locality and I earned enough money to fill my car with the next load of overpriced petrol.  I have to decide whether I'm going to continue with my...

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A disappointing Open Garden day in Shepton mallet

A bright and sunny day, if not as warm as we would like so we decided to go to the annual Shepton Mallet open garden day. I refer you to the corresponding entry this time last year when you will see what we did. This year from the administrative point of view it was a disappointment. The map was far from clear, the number of open gardens was reduced by 25%, the flags, bunting and signaling that...

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