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  • Objects are repositories of memories

    29 July 2018

    Memories change for memory is in a flux - unreliable and deceive us all. So we hang onto objects so us to hang onto our memory. So we have a teddy bear that we glasp onto at night - was the same from our childhood retaining the warmth of the cosiness...

  • Lavender in July

    29 July 2018

    Lavender in July Now is the time to take some of the lavender into the house so as to use immediately but also to store away for using it later In the kitchen, lavender makes an interesting flavouring for cakes and other recipes. Try popping a few sprigs...

  • Icecream in Summer

    28 July 2018

    A delight and a pleasure is Icecream in Summer Nothing better than a traditional ice cream. savour the cream taste savour the moment slowly a pleasure to climax . . Yum - Yum - Yum Yummy Yummy - Yum Yum. What pleasures that we have in life but no better...

  • America on Fire

    27 July 2018

    The United States of America is on Fire. Heatwaves are all about. Heatfires -Wildfires all around. Fires in England burning bright as Peat catches alight Sweden with so many wildfires they need help from Firemen from throughout Europe. Latvia consumed...

  • Stanley Rother

    27 July 2018

    Stanley Rother On May 25, 1963, Stanley Rother, a farmer from Okarche, Oklahoma, was ordained for his home diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa. Having flunked out of the area seminary due to his difficulty with Latin, Fr. Rother finally accepted an invitation...

  • A Swedish protest.

    25 July 2018

    A Swedish Student, Elin Ersson, refused to take her seat on flight in Plane and kept standing at Gothenburg airport a until man being sent to Afghanistan was removed. This was a protest as how ordinary planes are being used to move criminals by Police...

  • Cats and Dogs

    25 July 2018

    Is there the case that both cats and dogs can live in peace? Or is the case that cats and dogs fight just like cats and dogs. Is it the cats that start up a fight or can they both live together in harmony in one house under the same roof. The dogs have...

  • Body Positivity

    24 July 2018

    Body Positivity Having a positive awareness over your own body image can be so important to so many people. Wonderful to have our own personal challenges with our bodies so as to be completely confident and happy in our own skin. A happiness in our own...

  • Summer of Sharks in Scotland

    24 July 2018

    Many basking sharks were seen in the sea around the Inner Hebrides this Summer. Most of the sightings of the sharks were made off the isles of Mull, Coll and Tiree and Iona including so many whales and dolphins. Rarer marine life such as sunfish and a...

  • Plastic is a problem

    21 July 2018

    Plastic is part of a problem. But the main problem is excess packaging whether plastic or not. Absolutely no excuse for wrapping a single vegetable or fruit in plastic, for example. No reason why breakfast cereal should come in a plastic bag inside a...

  • Rural radio

    06 June 2019

    Rural radio in Niagara Falls with an expanding musical pallette, There was a tiny station out of Buffalo called The Lake. They were way up in the nosebleed section of the dial--107.7-- and the signal was a lot weaker than the other Buffalo stations. Sometimes...

  • Goals

    20 July 2018

    Putting your goals off until 'someday.' Since 'someday' never appears on the calendar, you'll never accomplish your goals if you keep pushing them off. The best of intentions won't do you any good without a clear plan. Solution: If a goal is important...

  • Doctor Who

    18 July 2018

    Doctor Who The Doctor has been relatively relatable since year dot, or he would have been some 6 legged green thing with multifaceted eyes that breathed methane. Far more likely in an infinite universe than a man who looks just like us but happens to...

  • The Norse ship in Iona

    18 July 2018

    The Norse ship When the Scottish Hebrides were under the power of Norway many Norwegians came over and settled, and of course , the two races married one with the other and copied each other's ways and customs. The Norwegians were famous seafarers and...

  • omniclusterhumpingshitfanshambles.

    17 July 2018

    “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” ― Plato. omniclusterhumpingshitfanshambles. The United Kingdom of Summer 2018 this government couldn't make more of a mess if it shat on its hands and clapped. The only...

  • rouge landlords

    17 July 2018

    Landlord licensing schemes are popping up all over the country as local authorities attempt to crack down on rogue operators. How these typically work is that all landlords pay several hundred pounds for a licence, and they, and their properties, are...

  • The weasel

    16 July 2018

    The weasel The weasel may be tiny, but this fierce predator can dispatch and drag off a full-grown rabbit 25 times its size – and has a stare that even humans can find unnerving If I asked you to name Britain’s most savage wildlife killer, you might say...

  • Blockchain

    16 July 2018

    Blockchain is a digital ledger that provides a secure and public way of making and recording transactions, agreements and contracts; its best-known use is bitcoin, the virtual currency. The database is shared across a network of computers and becomes...

  • How to protect Summer's Money

    14 July 2018

    This is what you’re supposed to do before you go abroad: Take your wallet and empty it out. Remove all the things you really don’t need for a week or two in Holiday, that if they were lost or stolen would just be a pain. Your work /staff pass. Your Shop...

  • The upper classes as "eccentric".

    24 November 2019

    In our class-damaged society it somehow seems acceptable to describe certain behaviours amongst the upper classes as "eccentric". If we were discussing working class people this would be far less likely to be the case. Instead, other adjectives would...

  • France: Style to win the World Cup

    09 July 2018

    Antoine Griezmann Griezmann is an accurate French finisher with either foot from both inside and outside the area, and is also good in the air and accurate with his head, in spite of his relatively small stature. In addition to his ability to both score...

  • The Puffins in Argyll, Scotland

    08 July 2018

    Puffins In Argyll there are many a Puffin. A great place to get really very close to Puffins is on some of the Islands. There is many an island in Argyll however the islands of Lunga (Treshnish Isles) and Staffa are wonderful places to encounter Puffins....

  • The book that is most underrated

    07 July 2018

    Sign up for Bookmarks: discover new books our weekly email Read m Flowers in the Attic This great potboiler was the book that all junior high and teenage girls read and reread and passed around and hid from their mothers. It’s about a woman – and her...

  • Crusade

    05 July 2018

    The Crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East In 1076, the Muslims had captured Jerusalem – the most holy of holy places for Christians. Jesus had been born in nearby Bethlehem...

  • Smart phone not so smart perhaps

    03 June 2019

    Have you noticed what seems like an epidemic of people who are glued to their smartphone’s soft glow? Unfortunately, you are not alone. Over 1.8 billion people own smartphones and use their devices on a daily basis. Some studies estimate that an average...