We left in hot sunshine
Drove through heavy rain,
It wasn’t a bad journey
Indeed we made good progress
The traffic seemed thinner,
And we made good time ,
And now who cares ,the weather’s fine.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading
We left in hot sunshine
Drove through heavy rain,
It wasn’t a bad journey
Indeed we made good progress
The traffic seemed thinner,
And we made good time ,
And now who cares ,the weather’s fine.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading
Filed under Short Stories
Signs- Big Ones, Small Ones, Ephephermal and Spiritual.
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Thanks to Christian Thorsberg and The Smithsonian magazine for the Headline
Sad to say, the penalty that this father and daughter may suffer is as much as Twenty years in prison. To be honest some of these people who bought the fake are still have an interesting painting, albeit created by some unknown artist in Poland and presented to the buyer as an original of a famous artist.
What does it matter if they like it? Most of the artists are dead anyway and what is decor , but a choice of colours.
With the costs involved I don’t think that they made that much money anyway. I think it is a waste of time sending them to prison.
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“Neither be cynical about love , for in the face of aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.” The Desiderata
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No additives, no sugar, the beautiful taste of fresh thyme and it’s immuno support properties in a fizzy champagne style drink.
Perfect to celebrate with!
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Thanks to Marianna Spring and BBC Online News for the Headline
There is nothing stranger than human behaviour when the rabble are provoked into action by channels of misinformation which lead to false conclusions and heightened anxiety. The worst scenario, there is a revenge killing, like what happened in an America that hopefully is not regressing back to such events with lynchings of black men accused of raping white women.
For the population of Epsom the reality of this frenzy occurred and vandalism and attacks on property occurred when a group of protesters (or potential lynchers) forced entry into a hotel they thought was housing asylum seekers. It wasn’t , so red faces all around and arrests for criminal damage.
The article is about how Social Media and the Police communicated the information which led to the behaviour. However, the punchy headline says it all to me. Too many people jump to the wrong conclusion on the basis of misguided beliefs backed up by a sound bite of information.
If someone had been killed , all the talking and meetings in the World won’t bring them back or take away their arbitrary sentence.
Apparently now the Police say a Gang Rape did not occur, so I presume the way they handled the “investigation” will be reviewed.
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Thanks to Paul Kirkby and BBC Online News for the Headline.
The whale who has managed to strand itself on the German Coastline and became a cause celebre in the German news. All in all the whale has spent three months , and used a special channel dug by volunteers to move back out to sea, but unfortunately moved further down the Coast and ended up stranded off the Island of Poel.
Two entrepreneurs have paid for a barge which will transport the whale out to sea , out of German waters and into the North Sea. Whether the whale will survive is questionable as it’s condition may well have deteriorated , the lack of salinity in Coastal Conditions affecting it’s skin and also the lack of it’s normal diet. It’s really an unclear situation, and they may release the whale and it might just drown.
This certainly is not a warm and fuzzy story, particularly when you consider the whale first got into trouble because it became entangled in netting.
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My favourite holiday of all,
In these modern times is to have one at all,
As those above sometimes forget,
That us little people need a rest,
It was decided long ago,
That productivity increased if to the seaside we could go,
For two weeks of the year,
“It does them good and it’s not too dear,”
And then with time holiday entitlement increased,
And Holiday Companies realised the punters could be fleeced,
Five weeks if you were lucky,
Or spoke to personnel and were quite plucky,
The choice was endless of places to go,
By plane or boat to far field places like Ao
Adventures unlimited with opportunities for vice,
Though to talk about that would not be nice,
It was all on offer dependent on the price,
Around the World was a possibility,
If you make it a race you can appear on tv,
Or if you fancy a break from reality,
You can mooch in a field just like me,
For that for me is truly holiday time,
Infact the truth is……. it’s blooming sublime
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Thanks to Angus Cochrane and BBC News Online for the Headline.
I’m in hysterics about this, not that I care about the said Scottish Reform Leader’s Lord Offord. In his own word’s a self-made man, worked hard all his life as a banker, moving money here and there and employed loads of people who are now his target for voting for the wonderful Reform Party. Perhaps he should have given more of his ex-employees a pay rise. Perhaps the voting public are not immune to the treatment they got from “6 boat Malc” in the past.
The Greens say one house is enough for anyone, actually I’m inclined to agree with them on that. As for six boats and five cars, jeez I wouldn’t want to see Lord Offord’s back garden, I mean where does he store and more importantly maintain them. Of course he may or may not have “people who do for him and his family” and I suppose that is one form of employment.
And that my friends is his solution for Scotland. The STV Television Debate outlined his proposal, that what Scotland needed was more Lord Offord types and less normal jobs for people who couldn’t rise to the occasion as he has done of being so greedy and constantly worrying about what other people think of them and their possessions. ( Did you hear Mavis , he’s got another Lamborghini?).
I’m not a fan of TV Debate’s, they are just soundbites and the real work of Government is in the detail, but there is so much more to consider than individual success or appearances.
TV Debates are a listen don’t speak, attempt at polarising discussion and reducing it to inane entertainment. Lord Offord sounds a bit of a plonker , but he obviously doesn’t think he is with his houses, cars and boats.
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Yes, I’ve been camping and it’s wonderful! I’ve done myriads of different formats, but in reality I need a little bit of luxury to enjoy the outside world with no walls. I couldn’t permanently live in a tent. Being a Berber woman would not be my idea of fun.
I ,though, get an itch when in hotels, I feel surrounded by alien activities never mind alien people. Why is it all so formal? Do the staff like working here. When will they repair the wonky sign on the women’s toilet door near the cocktail bar. How early is early breakfast?
And Air B’B’s, not for me I’m afraid. No me and my dog would not enjoy that prospect.
So camping, or in our case caravanning is the perfect outlet for surrounda-air and nature. Cooker , Fridge, Sofa and a duvet and mattress bed. Natural air conditioning and not too worry some insect life. Roll on next time!
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