Stephen Lumb
@stevevdv.bsky.social
I live in a village, Upper Sheringham in North Norfolk UK, with my husband. We are craft makers and run a business together. I love art, writing, poetry, history, architecture, ruins, reading and brisk walks in nature. To give a whiff of my perfume.
The Winterval can be full of lethargy and initiative fighting it out for supremacy.
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SHERINGHAM DIARY No 136 - Whirled Peas
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January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The Winterval can be full of lethargy and initiative fighting it out for supremacy.
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A book that is just the sort of thing I find fascinating. A forensic psychologist explains what she has learnt about humanity through working with serial killers, pedophiles and other individuals, who get referred to as 'evil monsters'.
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FÍNISHED READING - The Devil You Know by Gwen Adshead & Eileen Horne
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January 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM
A book that is just the sort of thing I find fascinating. A forensic psychologist explains what she has learnt about humanity through working with serial killers, pedophiles and other individuals, who get referred to as 'evil monsters'.
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A recent poem about how somewhere in the rush to judgement we stop listening.
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POEM - Shaking Our Superior Head
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January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
A recent poem about how somewhere in the rush to judgement we stop listening.
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FINISHED READING - The Shortest History of Japan by Lesley Downer
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January 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
An unexpectedly griping and addictive docu-drama from the BBC.
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WATCHED - Titanic Sinks Tonight
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December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
An unexpectedly griping and addictive docu-drama from the BBC.
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I struggled engaging with this, really interesting subject matter, but ruined by a persistent supercilious and self righteous tone.
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FINISHED READING - Domination by Alice Roberts
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December 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I struggled engaging with this, really interesting subject matter, but ruined by a persistent supercilious and self righteous tone.
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A bit of personal reflection on whether we are ever truly ourselves. And what is that anyway?
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MY OWN WALKING - Winterval Journal 2025/26
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December 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A bit of personal reflection on whether we are ever truly ourselves. And what is that anyway?
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Finally, I reached the end of this compendious volume. Even a much lauded poet, like Merwin, was variable in the quality of his output. From the good, to the slight, to the brilliant.
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FINISHED READING - W.S.Merwin - Migration
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Finally, I reached the end of this compendious volume. Even a much lauded poet, like Merwin, was variable in the quality of his output. From the good, to the slight, to the brilliant.
vidyavajra.blogspot.com/2025/12/fini...
vidyavajra.blogspot.com/2025/12/fini...
A great set of lectures that neatly encapsulate the civilisational state we are in,and what needs to happen in order to prevent the immoral world views of techno - fascism completely taking over.
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FAVE RAVE - Rutger Bregman - The 2025 Reith Lectures
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December 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great set of lectures that neatly encapsulate the civilisational state we are in,and what needs to happen in order to prevent the immoral world views of techno - fascism completely taking over.
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In which Russel Tovey takes his shirt off in the service of mankind.
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WATCHED - The War Between The Land And The Sea
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December 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
In which Russel Tovey takes his shirt off in the service of mankind.
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My current list of most favoured places to commune with the gods and goddesses of coffee and cake.
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FAVE RAVES OF 2025 - Places We Go To Eat Cake
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December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My current list of most favoured places to commune with the gods and goddesses of coffee and cake.
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Whilst the mindset that we are all doomed might appear all pervading, it's worthwhile just stopping to be grateful for what you have, because then you'll know what to fight for.
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WORDS WRITTEN AT THE POINT OF GRATITUDE - Reflections on 2025
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December 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Whilst the mindset that we are all doomed might appear all pervading, it's worthwhile just stopping to be grateful for what you have, because then you'll know what to fight for.
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FAVE RAVES OF 2025 - Novels, Non-Fiction & Music
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December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
An update on the current stare of play over the 1950's Vintage Bus Shelter.
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SHERINGHAM DIARY NO 135 - Deliberately Choosing The Nuclear Fallout Option
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December 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
An update on the current stare of play over the 1950's Vintage Bus Shelter.
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Do you ever get the feeling as Christmas and New year loom closer. That you need to cast aside the dross you are reading, and holding onto. Far too reverently.
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UNFINISHED READING - The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware
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December 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Do you ever get the feeling as Christmas and New year loom closer. That you need to cast aside the dross you are reading, and holding onto. Far too reverently.
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I was hoping for a bit more from this than it delivered. As it is, this feels quite dated, even though it's only eight years since it was published.
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FINISHED READING - Zombies in Western Culture by Vervaeke, Mastropietro & Miscevic
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December 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I was hoping for a bit more from this than it delivered. As it is, this feels quite dated, even though it's only eight years since it was published.
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Dreams about returning are I find instructive. Pointing out that we never can regain what has been lost.
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MY OWN WALKING - December Journal 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Dreams about returning are I find instructive. Pointing out that we never can regain what has been lost.
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A clever classy piece of writing, that has you considering how whoever writes a memoir gets to decide what and how people are remembered.
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FINISHED READING - Trust by Hernan Diaz
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December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A clever classy piece of writing, that has you considering how whoever writes a memoir gets to decide what and how people are remembered.
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A short article about the origins of advent rituals and how it's remarkably straightforward to de-Christianise them.
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ARTICLE - Advent For Non-Theists
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December 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A short article about the origins of advent rituals and how it's remarkably straightforward to de-Christianise them.
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A new diary entry, about a little local difficulty, and how the council has already lost the argument.
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SHERINGHAM DIARY No 134 - The Mournful Embrace Of Change
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December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A new diary entry, about a little local difficulty, and how the council has already lost the argument.
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My current book pile has some height as well as heft at the moment. Need to get into some concentrated periods of reading.
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RISING UP MY BOOK PILE - December 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My current book pile has some height as well as heft at the moment. Need to get into some concentrated periods of reading.
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Found this Rosalia video from a few years back, singing a classic flamenco song from the 1980's. This is FAB.
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FEATURE - Me Quedo Contigo by Rosalia
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December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Found this Rosalia video from a few years back, singing a classic flamenco song from the 1980's. This is FAB.
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