2025 Oct 20th Today my newest purchase from vinted arrived. A pixel 10 pro XL. It arrived in a box that hadn’t been opened and I’m very pleased with it because I got it at about 400 pounds under list price.The setting up process is absolutely so simple unlike phones of 10 years ago. ItContinue reading “Today my newest purchase arrived. A Google Pixel 10 Pro XL”
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We’ve recently came back from Portugal. Part 1 of our Camino
We recently went to Porto to walk part of the Portuguese Camino. Here’s our record/blog. Mostly written by Val. You can click on the pictures to see them in better detail if you wish. I hope you enjoy reading it. Part 2 is planned for Feb/March 2026 Day 1 Arriving in Porto 2025 Sept 29thContinue reading “We’ve recently came back from Portugal. Part 1 of our Camino”
Pope Francis
Pope Francis wrote this in the Hospital. ❤️ “The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches…They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports…It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar…In intensive care, you seeContinue reading “Pope Francis”
Today a good man was buried in Rome
Today Pope Francis was buried in Rome. Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17 December 1936 in Flores, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The Pope revealed his plans to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore in December 2023, explaining that he felt a “very strong connection” with the basilica. “I want to be buried inContinue reading “Today a good man was buried in Rome”
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Today my Brother died
No, its not what you think. Its not my brother, its my brother…………. printer. 8 year old and I gave it a good resting place. In the big black filing cabinet. That meant Val and I had to find a replacement. I’d done a little Amazon and google research as one does and I discoveredContinue reading “Today my Brother died”
THE POWER OF BAREFOOT RUNNING
WHY IT’S TIME TO START RUNNING/WALKING THE WAY WE WERE BORN TO https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/why-barefoot/running “Barefoot running is not about speed; it’s about feeling the ground under you, finding balance, and trusting the process.” Ted McDonald – barefoot ultrarunner
2025 04 05
Senator Cory Booker breaks a record
Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech as he protested against President Trump’s policies. The New Jersey Democrat spoke for longer than Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18 minute address in 1957. Courtesy of Youtube and CBS News #Politics#USA
The signal Trump Scandal continues
March 27, 2025 From Heather Cox Richardson Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on the Houthis in Yemen. A payment on one of them was identified only with an eggplant emoji, which is commonlyContinue reading “The signal Trump Scandal continues”
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