Conclusion - not much 'happened' but what events did in fact transpire ruled the day. ( Trans pire this word had an early sense of "emit as vapor through the surface"—from trans-, "through," and spirare, "breathe." My exemplar Samuel Pepys made a record of his daily activity without a care in the world as to who would actually read it because in those days were means of production we're very...
(Written prior to my trip to London) I have visited the problem of loneliness quite a few times since I started writing in 2016 you may find the articles referred to by typing in the search key 'loneliness' or 'lonely'. As I changed and develop I see things from a new point of view or should I say I revised point of view so here are my latest thoughts on the matter: Before that you might like...
I am finally learning to respond to inspiration, or is it the normal working of a creative mind, that my projected meeting in January forming a local writer and journal / diary group is important and should come about. By 'local' I mean Paulton, Midsomer Norton, and Radstock. I received the idea today, Sunday morning, 22nd December 2024, whilst listening to Radio 3 which has a blessed amount of...
I love words :-)) and I was prompted to define a word used at a coffee morning I have just attended. Whilst our beautiful England language lasts (though I would not give it more than a couple of generations) let us enjoy the subtleties. I find the most economical way of understanding a word is looking at its etymology. So, down to business.... Efficient - what dos it mean? This word first...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM8xJ04j1qI I've been recommended a book by Federico Fagan called Irreducible which is about consciousness, life, computers and human nature. It is a technical and scientific work and I noticed that there are many words that although I am familiar with I have not examined them in as much depth as I could have done, so reading this book is a chance to do this ....
https://www.youtube.com/live/lbbaxUC4eSQ So when did you last have an argument? When did you last have a dialogue with people with whom you disagreed? I think that many lessons can be drawn from this YouTube Christian versus Muslim where both are obviously very well informed and are jousting with each other without loss of respect. The first thing that I learn is that you need to back up your...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703
