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Coastal dweller switches to rural idyll. Derelict cottage with garden along nettly prickly lane. Tiny dog. Elder. Sorting House and Stuff. Literature. Arts. iPad rubbish.
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Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
Why a group of wealthy Brits have urged Reeves to introduce a wealth tax
This appeal comes ahead of Reeves’s upcoming Budget announcement in Westminster later this month
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
Late impromptu breakfast at Blake’s en route to the Baltic in hissing rain and with no suitable attire. Wonderful. It’s a long walk back up Dean Street but worth it. Drove home feeling uplifted.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Late impromptu breakfast at Blake’s en route to the Baltic in hissing rain and with no suitable attire. Wonderful. It’s a long walk back up Dean Street but worth it. Drove home feeling uplifted.
Temperatures are dropping. Still no gas and no heat. May have to relocate again but difficult to chase engineers from a distance. Tricky times.
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Temperatures are dropping. Still no gas and no heat. May have to relocate again but difficult to chase engineers from a distance. Tricky times.
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Would anyone be interested in collaborating with me? I’m looking for someone to write 4-panel comics or jokes that I could illustrate. Not for money, sadly, just to put joy into the world. Credit will be shard fully.
DM if interested x
DM if interested x
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Would anyone be interested in collaborating with me? I’m looking for someone to write 4-panel comics or jokes that I could illustrate. Not for money, sadly, just to put joy into the world. Credit will be shard fully.
DM if interested x
DM if interested x
You couldn’t make it up. When the engineer came to check the gas boiler he declared it sound. The finger points to the wood burner for the carbon monoxide leak. But he detected a gas leak, completely separately and apparently coincidentally. He switched the gas off again. Good job it’s mild.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You couldn’t make it up. When the engineer came to check the gas boiler he declared it sound. The finger points to the wood burner for the carbon monoxide leak. But he detected a gas leak, completely separately and apparently coincidentally. He switched the gas off again. Good job it’s mild.
Clearing the head. Listening to Leonard Cohen
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Clearing the head. Listening to Leonard Cohen
I am remembering how Bebe Newman laughed when my glasses parted company with the arm …. I think it was my shocked/ dismayed face :)
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I am remembering how Bebe Newman laughed when my glasses parted company with the arm …. I think it was my shocked/ dismayed face :)
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18 year olds can get a free 30-day pass to travel all across the European Union. Closing date for applications is 13th November.
18-year olds can travel for up to 30 days during the travel period, which is planned to start on 1 March 2026.
Spread the word, folks.
18-year olds can travel for up to 30 days during the travel period, which is planned to start on 1 March 2026.
Spread the word, folks.
Born in 2007? #DiscoverEU with a free travel pass
The EU is offering 40 000 DiscoverEU travel passes to 18-year-olds to explore Europe. The applications are open until 13 November 2025.
commission.europa.eu
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
18 year olds can get a free 30-day pass to travel all across the European Union. Closing date for applications is 13th November.
18-year olds can travel for up to 30 days during the travel period, which is planned to start on 1 March 2026.
Spread the word, folks.
18-year olds can travel for up to 30 days during the travel period, which is planned to start on 1 March 2026.
Spread the word, folks.
I know you all do , but if you don’t , test / check your carbon monoxide alarms. I’m so glad I had two in place that worked.
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I know you all do , but if you don’t , test / check your carbon monoxide alarms. I’m so glad I had two in place that worked.
A near miss with carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday. It lingered a long while. Gas boiler and wood burner both have stickers on and we await developments. Meanwhile northern gas kindly gave me a fan heater last night. I didn’t sleep much. Scared I might not wake up :) I did.
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A near miss with carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday. It lingered a long while. Gas boiler and wood burner both have stickers on and we await developments. Meanwhile northern gas kindly gave me a fan heater last night. I didn’t sleep much. Scared I might not wake up :) I did.
Still, on the positive side I can get supportive counselling today straight away without even waiting a day if I want it. In San Jose. Marvellous.
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Still, on the positive side I can get supportive counselling today straight away without even waiting a day if I want it. In San Jose. Marvellous.
Now. Do I dare to light the newly repaired stove and risk smashing the new glass. The men - it took two of them wrestling with the screws- said ominously as they left , good idea to order a spare glass as they go quite often. Hm. Not what I wanted to hear.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Now. Do I dare to light the newly repaired stove and risk smashing the new glass. The men - it took two of them wrestling with the screws- said ominously as they left , good idea to order a spare glass as they go quite often. Hm. Not what I wanted to hear.
Yesterday was a strange day. Today I’m defrosting the fridge freezer. I’m up to my eyes in piles of defrosting basil. All over the floor. My feet are soaking and the fridge is now eerily silent when switched back on. I should have left well alone. >new mantra>
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Yesterday was a strange day. Today I’m defrosting the fridge freezer. I’m up to my eyes in piles of defrosting basil. All over the floor. My feet are soaking and the fridge is now eerily silent when switched back on. I should have left well alone. >new mantra>
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This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...
Loving an old dog
This isn't a sad pet story
mzharrison.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...
Lovely mild morning in the garden. I forgot the bird food. I’ll have to go back for it. The sparrows are shouting pointedly and hopping about in the mock orange.
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Lovely mild morning in the garden. I forgot the bird food. I’ll have to go back for it. The sparrows are shouting pointedly and hopping about in the mock orange.
Been in the bath. It’s been a long time. There was a time when I’d perch the iPad on the side and watch a film -but I don’t like to leave TT long now. She understands showers but came to check on me in the bath. Her tiny face peeking from the bedroom.
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Been in the bath. It’s been a long time. There was a time when I’d perch the iPad on the side and watch a film -but I don’t like to leave TT long now. She understands showers but came to check on me in the bath. Her tiny face peeking from the bedroom.
Tiny Ted demonstrates an understanding of the useful ness of the self heating pad
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tiny Ted demonstrates an understanding of the useful ness of the self heating pad
I conclude that my monthly regime of Tidying the Cupboards and Rearranging might have served me well ten years ago when I had a brain. Now, not so much.
Lost this week - white spirit, WD40 albeit temporarily, nail accessories, a favoured swim suit.
Lost this week - white spirit, WD40 albeit temporarily, nail accessories, a favoured swim suit.
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I conclude that my monthly regime of Tidying the Cupboards and Rearranging might have served me well ten years ago when I had a brain. Now, not so much.
Lost this week - white spirit, WD40 albeit temporarily, nail accessories, a favoured swim suit.
Lost this week - white spirit, WD40 albeit temporarily, nail accessories, a favoured swim suit.
I’m always “acquiring” nail clipppers. Small ones and the toe nail jobs. But just as the calcified horny old toe nails threaten the likelihood of even walking round the supermarket, hunting high and low does not uncover so much as a nail scissor. #livid
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I’m always “acquiring” nail clipppers. Small ones and the toe nail jobs. But just as the calcified horny old toe nails threaten the likelihood of even walking round the supermarket, hunting high and low does not uncover so much as a nail scissor. #livid
Left the afternoon garden trip a bit late and it was semi dark. Flushed out 3 pheasants settled for the night , they all took off in a flurry of whirring and protest. I felt bad for them as they went right over the tree tops. Tiny Ted pottered about apparently oblivious. Yet her hearing is fine.
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Left the afternoon garden trip a bit late and it was semi dark. Flushed out 3 pheasants settled for the night , they all took off in a flurry of whirring and protest. I felt bad for them as they went right over the tree tops. Tiny Ted pottered about apparently oblivious. Yet her hearing is fine.
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yesterday a fat spider didn’t look both ways before crossing my bedroom and there was an unfortunate me running over them with the vacuum cleaner incident
today i accidentally pushed the Release The Filth button on the vacuum and the spider walked out, bold as brass. wasn’t even missing a leg 💪
today i accidentally pushed the Release The Filth button on the vacuum and the spider walked out, bold as brass. wasn’t even missing a leg 💪
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
yesterday a fat spider didn’t look both ways before crossing my bedroom and there was an unfortunate me running over them with the vacuum cleaner incident
today i accidentally pushed the Release The Filth button on the vacuum and the spider walked out, bold as brass. wasn’t even missing a leg 💪
today i accidentally pushed the Release The Filth button on the vacuum and the spider walked out, bold as brass. wasn’t even missing a leg 💪
I’ve descaled my coffee machine. It’s making a very unusual noise now. Hm. Never had this before. Doesn’t bode well.
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’ve descaled my coffee machine. It’s making a very unusual noise now. Hm. Never had this before. Doesn’t bode well.
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🔆 Sending warmth and light to you all.
One for All Hallows' Day - not taken today, but still worth posting. My favourite photo I've taken of York Minster at first light - it seems to magically exude warmth and light - after the darkness recedes and night turns into day...
One for All Hallows' Day - not taken today, but still worth posting. My favourite photo I've taken of York Minster at first light - it seems to magically exude warmth and light - after the darkness recedes and night turns into day...
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🔆 Sending warmth and light to you all.
One for All Hallows' Day - not taken today, but still worth posting. My favourite photo I've taken of York Minster at first light - it seems to magically exude warmth and light - after the darkness recedes and night turns into day...
One for All Hallows' Day - not taken today, but still worth posting. My favourite photo I've taken of York Minster at first light - it seems to magically exude warmth and light - after the darkness recedes and night turns into day...
Heartening to find much hilarity in the nearby village shop run by volunteers. New trainee quailed as I approached and immediately pressed a few bum notes on the till just to complicate things. I felt better about my own volunteering. One minute you can be doing a full on experty job and next ???
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Heartening to find much hilarity in the nearby village shop run by volunteers. New trainee quailed as I approached and immediately pressed a few bum notes on the till just to complicate things. I felt better about my own volunteering. One minute you can be doing a full on experty job and next ???