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  • Trouble @ Home… the start of events that would have a dramatic impact on my life

    Trouble @ Home… the start of events that would have a dramatic impact on my life

    My LSE Diary on this day in 1976 records events that would be the beginning of one of the most difficult periods in my life.

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  • Breakfast at 1?

    Morning Thoughts From A Devon Sitting Room No.94: Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day for everyone? I did not ‘break my fast’ until 5pm yesterday and today I feel slightly better and have lost a little weight. Perhaps it is time to move away from a one size fits all approach…

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  • Dog Fog!

    Morning Thoughts From A Devon Sitting Room No.93: a dog barking in the fog set off a chain of thoughts that led to what felt like an idea for a horror film.

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  • Future Mundanity?

    Diary entries often tend to record events such as parties, social gatherings, holidays, and major life events. The mundane rarely gets a look-in. Today’s mundane activities may well be of interest to future historians, should they come across my diaries.

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  • Ignorance to Knowledge!

    Morning Thoughts From A Devon Sitting Room No.91. Ignorance comes before knowledge. No individual can know everything, but people coming together, each with a slice of the all-knowledge pie, have greater understanding than one person in isolation.

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  • Food Snob!

    Morning Thoughts From A Devon Sitting Room: I am already setting out a table for luncheon guests. In so doing I could not help but think about quality food and the real cost of cheap food.

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