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My diary 2021 – week 2

15th January 2021, Friday “Dream on Luci app. Debating on Twitter. Rude followers repeating “but it’s clearly (not) set out in rules”. Point of driving to go for a walk is for people not near green spaces.”

My Diary 2021 – week 1

1st January 2021, Friday “Wow, what a year! 2020 could have been the Mayans’ 2012. That was before I knew about the Great Conjunction 21st December 2020. I am optimistic. All corrupt, manipulative and ineffective systems are being exposed. The vaccine is opaque. I have my concerns….”

Ancient Stories Re-imagined – Adam and Eve

Adam blames Eve, as it was she who took the bite of that apple. And now look at them. Toiling over the soil, which seems to have moved away from the fertile crescent, after each field becomes barren and dry, now that competition for wheat is fierce in the food market. Most people sell fake relics and wood carvings at inflated corn prices.

Disco Playlist on Spotify

Hi there, hope your plans to jump into 2024 are going well. Down Under will be there first of course. Nothing like a bit of disco. Here’s a disco playlist as I love disco. It is inclusive, brings everyone together and dancing lifts the soul. We ought to be dancing not just drinking. If everyoneContinueContinue reading “Disco Playlist on Spotify”

Oil Pastels up in Falmouth Kernowine

Oil pastels I started doing on midsummer’s day 2020, when I couldn’t find my handbag to go to a barbeque, are on view at Kernowine in Falmouth. Come for an open evening from 6pm on Wednesday 1st November 2023. Each A4 picture is £150 with frame. If you’d like to buy an oil pastel, they’reContinueContinue reading “Oil Pastels up in Falmouth Kernowine”

Do Advances in Hearing Aid Technology Recognise the Needs of the Consumer?

Part of a series of posted versions of articles I have written about hearing aids. This one appeared online in 2019, on HVY Journalists here. The world for people with hearing loss has not changed to a great degree over decades, despite advances in technology such as technology and home sound equipment. Hearing aid provision,ContinueContinue reading “Do Advances in Hearing Aid Technology Recognise the Needs of the Consumer?”

Hearing Aid Audiologists with First Hand Experience with hearing loss

Continuing my series of blogs containing articles I have written about hearing aids. This one is from 2007, which explains why 2008 is referred to in the future tense. Below is how the article appeared. In the noisy and fast-paced city life of today even mild hearing loss could mean you are missing out unnecessarilyContinueContinue reading “Hearing Aid Audiologists with First Hand Experience with hearing loss”

Empowering Consumers with Product Knowledge about Hearing Aids

This is part of a series of articles I have written about hearing aids. The published work can be seen on my Scribd Page. This one is from 2008 and appeared in a regional London newspaper. Have you experienced that feeling when you want to say something but are scared that you might make aContinueContinue reading “Empowering Consumers with Product Knowledge about Hearing Aids”

Resources for Coming To Visit Me in Falmouth

With everything going on, thought I would share some resources for coming to visit. Here are the resources, at your fingertips, for where to stay, how to book, how to get here and who else is coming from the same direction to team up and have a memorable journey down to Cornwall and back. TravelContinueContinue reading “Resources for Coming To Visit Me in Falmouth”

If the UK Government Put Public Interests First We Might Have Averted Disaster

Boris Johnson’s Government’s focus seems to have been on big corporation interests from the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, thinking they could “flatten the curve” after contact tracing and quarantining had been dropped. After John Newton predicted a million cases, the government abandoned its contact tracing in favour of a 3-4 month national lockdown. CouldContinueContinue reading “If the UK Government Put Public Interests First We Might Have Averted Disaster”