Category: weather
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storming
I had a surprising phone call last week. It was from the hospital that has been helping me with my brain (and it needs a LOT of help). The battery pack that is supplying electricity to keep my migraines at bay is causing me some discomfort (I won’t go into details here in case you’re…
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storming the weather
Let’s face it, we Brits are obsessed with the weather. It’s one of the default subjects of conversation, it often makes headline news and we are avid amateur meteorologists with our own ways of predicting what the weather will be. One of the ancient legends is about St Swithin’s Day: ‘St. Swithin’s day if thou…
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flash crash
Thunder: God’s way of telling you that you should have brought the washing in a bit earlier. Lightning: God’s way of warning you that he’s about to send you a message that you should have brought the washing in a bit earlier. Thunderbolts and lightning: God’s way of telling you to get ready to start…
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Whether the weather be wet…
Life is full of contrasts. People around us are experiencing light and darkness, joy and misery, laughter and anguish. Pain and peace. Sometimes these things are experienced by different people we know: sometimes by the same people in the same day. We might say that this is part of what makes life what it is.…
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Fawning around
On my way through the blizzard (aka light snow) this morning I saw a figure walking towards me. I thought it was Mr Tumnus, the fawn from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe! They had an umbrella, lots of parcels and looking like they had hooves. It was only when they got closer to…
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