Brian: About the method of reading books especially serious stuff I will tell you what happens. I read a couple of pages and I can get so excited by an idea that I have to stop reading and pace around for half an hour and I just wondered what your experience was a reading stuff. Friend: It depends of what it is. If it's stuff I've done and really know I could only read for a few minutes and...
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Only in Glastonbury…..
This is going to be one of those days where without any previous intention this is going to be a full diary. Today is the celebration of Samhein otherwise known as Halloween and we set off early to go to Glastonbury to enjoy the wonderful weather, the warmth, the sun, and the amazing people who turn up on these occasions. However, before that, I should mention that I wrote a preparatory paper in...
Returning my electric bike after a month’s free hire
Today I returned my very heavy 31 kilogram workhorse electric bike to the very knowledgeable lady who runs the scheme in Radstock. I had not ridden it as much as I would have liked but I have discovered the following: 1. Once you have learned to ride a bike you never forget 2. Riding a bike is vulnerable because you are not protected by a steel case as is the case with cars and other vehicles 3....
Aspects of teaching – from a genius
On 10th October 2024 I mentioned this lady (now deceased) I have to add something else. I came across this most remarkable interview with Nadia Boulanger who was a great music teacher in France in the early 20th Century. We all have to teach at some part of our lives even if it’s the children, work colleagues, associates. I Invite people to watch this film. It’s about 55 minutes. I invite you to...
A riddle plus a heart attack testimony
I wrote to my friend before going off on holiday to Cardiff as follows: I shall carry the following text in the middle of my head "Love and peace is the centre of everything' To which he responded, text below, It is clear then that you carried nothing! If everything came from nothing at the beginning of the universe then the centre of everything will also be nothing. If love and peace are the...
Arrival day – home sweet home
I love going away to places because it is a big change from the normal four walls plus sitting in front of my computer. I think everyone needs all the colors of the rainbow and sometimes the work situation does not provide this. I don't even have to consciously switch off my interests or my brain but just be in an environment which feeds me different information. During the past few days I've...
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