Beach Thorncombe
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Thursday 12 noon.27th March 2025 Mmmmh. Adopting a self indulgent “poor me” countenance regarding my illness is not really my style but, obviously, having to face a bi-annual 6 monthly PSA blood test to discover if my cancer is growing or spreading is not something I’d prefer to be experiencing alone or without some kind … Read more
Musk and Rubio spar with Polish minister over Starlink in Ukraine The proof that absolute power corrupts continues Rachel Looker BBC News, Washington US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Elon Musk have clashed with Poland’s foreign minister over the use of the tech billionaire’s Starlink satellite internet system in Ukraine. Musk said on X … Read more
The first photograph of the moon was taken in 1840 by English scientist and historian, John William Draper. 185 years later, my Nikon P950’s 83X optical zoom captured this.
Share You said: I’ll relate a story and ask you if you understand and can explain, in simple terms, the physics involved. “Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark glass was found in the man’s skull, who died in … Read more
The Folly of Vanishing Words: From Stone to the Ether and Beyond Long before humanity flirted with the ephemeral, it sought permanence. The Sumerians, arguably the architects of written language, saw fit to carve their transactions, laws, and chronicles into clay tablets. These tablets,tangible, weighty, and enduring,survived millennia, whispering the secrets of ancient commerce and … Read more
Please be patient because this story, (as long as it takes to tell), is worth the telling. Charm … and a brick. OK. New Year’s Eve was a bust and, feeling old and irrelevant in the company of so many youngsters celebrating the end of 2023 in my beloved local watering hole, I survived only … Read more
Prostate Cancer treatment My story relates to a perceived recognition of a NHS service under duress and strain during and following the C19 pandemic – to the point where I received negligent care and a life threatening DVT AND a paralysed foot as a result of a poorly executed biopsy. (I was a Warfarin patient … Read more
