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What’s so funny about peace love and understanding?
The value set I encounter at work (DEI) , the teachings of my church (of Christ) and the world I live in (including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza) do not give me any sense of common purpose. If “Woke” … Continue reading
Christmas – a tougher job than we think!
I am trying to understand what makes Christmas special and I think it’s different from other times of the year as a few days when we aren’t supposed to do any work. I actually find myself guilty of wanting … Continue reading
Christmas isn’t cancelled – especially in Bethlehem
I’m told they have cancelled Christmas in Bethlehem. But what is being called off in Bethlehem is an experience of Christmas , not the thing itself. The nativity scene we have got used to is the kind of graven image … Continue reading
My moneyed valentine!
The cards sit on the kitchen worktop, one to another- ludicrously anonymised and accompanied by chocolates on both sides. We have insured ourselves against each other’s opprobrium. We could have gone further in de-risking a potentially bloody valentine I suspect … Continue reading
5 ways to stay happy on a lockdown Saturday morning!
I have good reason to feel sorry for myself this morning, but I am not sorry for myself – I am in an extremely good news for the following five reasons I am listening to Aggers and Tuffers on test … Continue reading
The rocket-fuel for recovery is love
In the pursuit of happiness (a principal theme of this blog), I am sometimes having to focus on “distress”. Now is such a time. There is a fine line between alleviating distress and profiting from it. We all know … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged Cornoavirus, COVID19, ezra pound, love, pensions, recovery
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Selling happiness by the pound
If I was Damian Stancombe, I wouldn’t be talking to me. Damian is a partner at a firm called Barnett Waddingham and I’m forever having a go at his firm. But he’s a tolerant fellow and we still … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Damian, elderly, grey hair, Happiness, Happy Henry, love, Old age, pension, pensions, pound, Savings, Spend, the pension pound
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Yeovil Town – relight my fire!
In my 13 years with my partner Stella, I cannot remember being quite so much in love as I was yesterday. She will not thank me for saying it, but her decision to accompany me on a cold and windy … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Yeovil Town
Tagged AFCWimbledon, football, love, Stella Eastwood, Yeovil, yeovil town fc, YTFC
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