Tag: life
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travel
For some reason recently several different people have said things to me about travel – the sort of thing that could easily be a meme. If they hadn’t said them in person I would have assumed that my phone had been listening to me or checking out my social media scrolling and the algorithm was…
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tidy
Regular bloggists will know that I perform magical illusions as a hobby / obsession / therapy / art form / entertainment. You can read more about it here where there are also links to my magic website (it’s a website about my magic, not a magical website) and to my StewTube Magic channel that contains…
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Plain Safe
Mutley Plain, the road on which our church premises are located, is a busy vehicular artery into Plymouth city centre. There are lovely shops on both sides of the road, which means there are lots of pedestrians who want to cross it. While there are little green men at the crossing points to help people…
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incredible you
The human brain is incredible, isn’t it? I could reel off loads of statistics about it, but I want you to think for a moment about something. Anything. If you’re thinking, “I don’t know what to think about,” then consider your mind magically read. Tadaaa! (Or perhaps I am just playing the probabilities that someone…
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How’s your inbox?
When I returned to work after my sabbatical leave I had over 250 emails waiting for my attention. Some were spam, some were newsletters, some were received because of subscriptions and some were sent personally. I selected them all and pressed ‘delete’. It was wonderfully cathartic. I can already hear some of you complaining that…
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Everyone has a book in them… but it may not want to come out
A very long time ago I had an idea for a novel. I even had what I thought was a clever title. So, I started writing. It’s set in a specific time period and, as I wrote, I was delighted to see how actual events happened around that time which I could incorporate into the…
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sailing grace
If you’re more than an infrequent visitor here you will know that I own a 6 metre sailing yacht, based on a traditional America’s Cup yacht. Sorry, that should read I own a model 6 metre sailing yacht, based on a traditional America’s Cup yacht. There is a small (or should I say large) difference.…
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choices
Modern life seems to be defined by choice. From the moment we open our eyes in the morning to the moment we drop off in the evening we are faced with choices: Do I get out of bed? What do I have for breakfast? What do I wear today? And so on. It seems to…
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water
This week we have had some plumbers working on our house. In order to plumb they have had to turn off the water. I didn’t think it would be a problem… but it has become one as the day has gone on. The kettle was filled with water before they started. The coffee machine was…
