A date for the diary: on UN International Day of Peace, 21st September, 'Music Without Borders', a great lineup of live folk music and song, 2-8pm, Green Table Cafe, Dartington Hall, Totnes, TQ9 6EL. Free entry and parking. Donations and raffle in aid of: musicianswithoutborders.org

Listening to @andyburnham.bsky.social closing @bylinefestival.bsky.social talking about truth, democracy, accountability, duty of candour and access to legal representation for victims of injustice. Inspiring.

Great discussion on 'Building a healthier country from the bottom up' at @bylinefestival.bsky.social. Early mention of the importance of @michaelmarmot.bsky.social's work on social determinants of health, including impacts of poverty and poor housing on quality of life and life expectancy.

Inspiring @kateraworth.bsky.social talking about @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social at @bylinefestival.bsky.social. Meeting people's needs within the needs of the planet. Bravo @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social for embracing the concept of a healthy sustainable future. What about it @plymouthcc.bsky.social?

This tomato variety clearly isn't sold for its looks - should taste great!

Oh the anticipation!

An enjoyable couple of hours spent today in All Saints Church Holbeton, arranging a mix of supermarket, hedgerow and garden flowers.

Currently travelling to Kingsbridge in a #Stagecoach bus Co time machine!

What do patients think about the pressures that doctors (in this case resident anaesthetists) experience? See:
associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Written as a commentary on:
associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Happy International Women’s Day!
Getting posies of spring flowers ready to take to @plymsouprun.bsky.social

#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #plymouthsouprun

The art of the dead-pan placard, pioneered by Father Ted, now doing sterling service in DC (courtesy ‪@jjindc.bsky.social‬)

How quickly another year passes! Flowers near the Norman font and in the Lady Chapel in All Saints' Church #Holbeton in memory of my mother who died 27 years ago this week.

Sometimes seeds germinate in the wormery. A while back, I saw what looked like courgette seedlings and thought "Ah - free courgettes this year". So much for my botanical ID skills. Not free courgettes but a free Christmas nectarine tree a few years later!

A couple of enjoyable hours spent in local churches: at All Saints Holbeton to help with the Christmas flowers, and at St Bartholomew's Yealmpton for the Christmas Tree Festival. The WI tree had a theme of 'Peace on Earth' with lots of doves made and decorated by WI members. My humble effort shown.

I've no words for how wrong this is ............

I grew up in the Midlands calling this a 'pikelet' but down here in Plymouth it's called a 'crumpet'. I assumed it was a regional thing but research on t'Internet is revealing. Best comment: "A crumpet has height and a fluffy internal texture. A pikelet is a hocky puck of misery and disappointment."