A couple of months ago I got an email from Wisdom Publications offering to send me a copy of this book. I wasn’t going to say no to a free book, was I?Continue reading “Review: ‘The Dharma of Star Wars’ by Matthew Bortolin”
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Am I old enough yet for people to stop asking
If I’ve got a boyfriend or if I’m getting married/having children?
I turned thirty-two a few days before Midsummer; you’d have thought people would have given up on that nonsense by now. I mean, if I haven’t got round to all that stuff by now, I’m really not going to, am I?Continue reading “Am I old enough yet for people to stop asking”
Review: ‘Secrets from Chuckling Goat’ by Shann Jones
Secrets from Chuckling Goat
How a Herd of Goats Saved my Family and Started a Business that Became a Natural Health Phenomenon
Shann Nix Jones
Published by: Hay House
Publication Date: 2nd February 2015
Edition: Paperback
ISBN: 9781401947484
PRICE : £10.99
Also available as an ebook
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Review: ‘Jesus: First Century Rabbi’
Jesus: First Century Rabbi
Rabbi David Zaslow, Joseph A. Lieberman
The South Lincolnshire Regiment at Waterloo
Hello.
I started writing this first thing this morning but anxiety got in the way of concentration. I did some reading – nothing serious – and some sewing instead. Continue reading “The South Lincolnshire Regiment at Waterloo”
Lowering the voting age?
One of the manifesto policies of the Greens at the last election was that they would lower the voting age to 16. Now that we have a potential EU Referendum coming up they have asked for support in a vote to get the vote extended to 16 and 17 year old for this particular matter.
EU Referendum?
I got an email the other day from the Green Party – I’m a registered supporter but not a member – about lowering the voting age for the possible EU Membership Referendum in the next couple of years to 16. I will be writing about that another day, but for today I want to write about the EU.
From one anniversary to the next
Yesterday it was the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. In Lincoln a giant effigy of King John was carried to the castle. Today, however there is another anniversary.
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Magna Carta
800 years ago today at Runnymede King John and his barons made an agreement that is the foundation of our current freedoms.
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Review: ‘Buddhism for Dudes’ by Gerry Stribling
Buddhism for Dudes: A Jarhead’s Field Guide to Mindfulness
Gerry Stribling
Published by: Wisdom Publications
Edition: Paperback
ISBN: 9781614292296
Price: $14.95 (USD)
Publication Date: 25th August, 2015
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Everything Is Better With Dragons 