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The end of the road
The blog is becoming sad and bedraggled, and spoiling its noble record. It’s not surprising…I’ve done it for twenty years. I first began in June 2006. Admittedly it was originally only a web...
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The news from here
Hello.What to talk about? Andy Burnham and his refreshing approach? The fact that he knows how to connect, and he seems to care about ordinary people? Or Andy Burnham and the fact he voted for the...
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A change
I am staying with my dear friend Het in Cornwall. It’s heaven.Dave is at home, watering the plants.This is the view from my bed last evening.How lucky am I?I don’t feel like writing any more, but I...
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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
I refer you to this article in Middle East Eye:https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-west-must-act-save-hussam-abu-safiya-risk-killed-captivityAnd to this one in the...
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Untitled
The headlines say the UK is investing £4.7 billion in defence. I call it warfare. Why aren’t we investing in diplomacy? Why aren’t we investing in STOPPING a war from happening?In Gaza, horrors...
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We have had roofers here for over a week, with scaffolding round most of the house and a skip in the drive.But the front garden looks beautiful if rather wild - here’s a video:And the back garden...
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A Cautionary Tale
First - thank goodness for the sound majority of Andy Burnham. Phew. Reform was soundly beaten.🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Now for what I wanted to write about today. In my last post I wrote about Len. Check it out....
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Oh for the days when…
I was standing in the check out queue in Sainsbury’s, watching a man take an age to pack his shopping, while the cashier sat watching him, and we all waited patiently, and I thought about Len. Len was...
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Refugee Week
This week is Refugee Week. I was online looking for something I’d written in The Times and instead of finding it, I came across a piece I’d written some time ago for national Quakers about my concern...
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David Hockney
“David was an inspiration to artists and an evangelist for joy who gave the gift of his art to a world that really needs more not less of him right now.”Tacita Dean, artist She speaks for me. He was...
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Snaps
While Dave has had constant heavy rain and even hail this week, we had another lovely day yesterday. Cold and sunny but warm enough out of the wind to enjoy the beach. This time we had a small one...
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Holiday snaps
More holiday snaps. I’m feeling too lazy/relaxed to write.Stackpole Estate on Sunday…An inlet full of flowering lilies The day began on Monday with Liz taking a shine to a snail in the patio doors and...
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Picture postcard
Liz and I are staying in a cottage in Pembrokeshire, half a mile from the coastal path. It’s perfect for us - quiet, two bedrooms, two comfy sofas, good shower and a low tech kitchen. (I don’t want to...
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On ageing
My dear friend Het sent me a link to an interesting article this week about maintaining your cognitive abilities as you age...
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Buttercups and Daisies
It’s been so beautiful here this last month. The May blossom has faded now, and the cow parsley is on the turn, but ox-eye daisies(moonpennies) are coming into their own, and the buttercups are a...
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Happiness
I’m sorry but I’ve just got to say something about Tony Blair’s latest advice to Labour. Does he really think anyone cares what he has to say after the Iraq war? after he joined the Gaza “Board of...
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Mish mash
I knew it was going to be blisteringly hot again yesterday, but I needed some exercise, so I went out on my bike very early. “Make sure you shut all the windows,” Dave said, as he set off on his. Dave...
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Letter from home
It has been a quiet week at Hepworth Towers.The family member who declines to be named rang on Thursday to ask if I’d go over at the weekend with Dave (who was going to help with some landscaping)...
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Old crocks on the road
If you book something called a ‘private en-suite room’ you expect to be able to step out of bed take a couple of steps and sit on the loo, don’t you? Liz and I stayed in a great Youth Hostel last week...
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Passing it on
My sweet pea seedlings have been living on the bedroom windowsill for weeks, but on Friday I decided they were hearty enough to go outside in the cold frame. So now I have regained my lovely...
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