This Friday we went by train to Norwich with our "London"
grandchildren. We visited the Castle Museum and Norwich Cathedral, which
is definitely one of the finest in England.
See http://eachurches.blogspot.co.uk/ .
Sunday 2 August 2015
Tuesday 28 July 2015
FTSE 100 recovery?
Based on some generally good economic news, the FTSE 100 share index is currently up on recent days. Gains are modest, but they are gains. We should worry about China.
Monday 27 July 2015
Life after death?
What happens when we die? I really have no idea.
I have seen a few dead bodies in my time, including my father who died back in 1987. What struck me then is that it was like a butterfly and a chrysalis: that which made him "him" was no longer there. His body was just a shell. Somehow, I hope we do fly above the world in immortality. However, I do not remember anything before I was born and if eternity was a total absence of life, like before I was born, would this be so bad? However, without eternity we lose our moral compass perhaps?
At one time these questions were academic but in recent years my own mortality has come smartly into focus. Nearly 2 years ago I so nearly died. I survived and may yet live many more years. All the major religions of the world talk of life after death, but is this just a way of coming to terms with our mortality? No-one has come back to tell us what is beyond the grave.
Life and death remain mysteries. All I know is we are on a journey and it is the journey that matters, not the destination. Some would argue this is the key to all the major religions: concern yourself with living a good life now and don't worry what happens after we die. I remain agnostic and open-minded.
I have seen a few dead bodies in my time, including my father who died back in 1987. What struck me then is that it was like a butterfly and a chrysalis: that which made him "him" was no longer there. His body was just a shell. Somehow, I hope we do fly above the world in immortality. However, I do not remember anything before I was born and if eternity was a total absence of life, like before I was born, would this be so bad? However, without eternity we lose our moral compass perhaps?
At one time these questions were academic but in recent years my own mortality has come smartly into focus. Nearly 2 years ago I so nearly died. I survived and may yet live many more years. All the major religions of the world talk of life after death, but is this just a way of coming to terms with our mortality? No-one has come back to tell us what is beyond the grave.
Life and death remain mysteries. All I know is we are on a journey and it is the journey that matters, not the destination. Some would argue this is the key to all the major religions: concern yourself with living a good life now and don't worry what happens after we die. I remain agnostic and open-minded.
Stroke update
Although overall I get less tired (but some things still exhaust me), I still have poor speech and I feel giddy when walking and turning. Thin liquid swallow is still not good - in fact I can only take sips of any liquids - but my taste is returning to normal. Real orange juice was a "no no" as was cheese and bread, but these are fine now. Wine and whisky still taste odd and I have yet to enjoy these again. Very very slowly things are improving, although I was expecting to be my old self a year ago! Overall, I still feel not right. Others think I am fine. Inside I am not still.
FTSE 100
At the moment, the FTSE 100 has hardly changed and is just 0.07% lower. In recent weeks it has fallen quite a lot. With the uncertainty over the Euro and the UK's membership of the EU, I can see the FTSE 100 remaining volatile for some time to come. It amazes me that it has not fallen more.
UPDATE 1150z: Currently the FTSE 100 index is down 0.55%. It took a nosedive quite recently. Not sure why - I'll check.
UPDATE 1307z: Currently FTSE 100 is down 0.68%.
UPDATE 1150z: Currently the FTSE 100 index is down 0.55%. It took a nosedive quite recently. Not sure why - I'll check.
UPDATE 1307z: Currently FTSE 100 is down 0.68%.
The sun?
There was this very strange yellowy orange thing in the sky. Is this really what they call "the sun"? We have hardly had any sun for days
now - just lots of rain. The sun had popped out from behind the clouds. I
think I must have been seeing things. Anyway, it has gone again now.
Was that summer?
Was that summer?
Sunday 26 July 2015
Yet more rain
After breakfast I managed to cut our laurel hedge and the front lawn. Then it started to rain and it has been raining ever since!
We badly need the rain but the weather is just plain miserable. Apparently the jet stream has moved and now bang over us, although the forecasters suggest that later this week we may have more summer-like weather. At the moment, it feels like late autumn and we have the heating and the lounge gas fire on.
We badly need the rain but the weather is just plain miserable. Apparently the jet stream has moved and now bang over us, although the forecasters suggest that later this week we may have more summer-like weather. At the moment, it feels like late autumn and we have the heating and the lounge gas fire on.
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