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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...