Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Autobiography
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? My opening sentence would be:- “I was born, I lived the best I could, and one day I will die.”
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Moving through life
A thread I read today “How many times have you moved in your life because I’ve moved 12 times and I think that’s a lot but some folks moved more times than that” My reply “I’m in my 10th home.I had 3 homes before my 6th birthday.I left home when I got married had 2…
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Christmas In Cleethorpes- part 3
It was time for my journey home. We got to the station early enough to visit the prom and see the “sea”. Yes I’m very aware the Humber is a tidal estuary so not the sea. The wind was bitingly cold and I was only gloveless a short time as I’d just taken a few…
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Christmas in Cleethorpes- part 2
With the journey over I settled in for a week at my daughter’s and some time with my grandson (he would be going to his dad’s to stay a couple of nights as well). I saw my grandson at mealtimes and as we played board games and card games together; when his friend was available…
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Christmas In Cleethorpes-part 1
It’s became a tradition that I go to my daughter for Christmas. I left home on the 22nd December weighed down with my gifts for my daughter and grandson… and the gifts from my sister and eldest son… plus of course my clothes for the next 8 days. 2 back packs, and a messenger bag…
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My New Years Rissolution* part 2
*Rabbit made a rissolution at the end of The House At Pooh Corner. https://wasthatadinosaurcouk.uk/2025/12/31/my-new-years-rissolution-part-1/ At the end of part 1 I mentioned I had a couple of hand sewing projects I wanted to work on. The first is a continuation of a project I started 2 years ago where each set of hexagons is made…
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My New Year’s Rissolution* part 1
*Rabbit called a rissolution in the last chapter of The House At Pooh Corner I found 2025 very difficult. A fall in February prevented me from getting on with my projects until April… then “sleeping sickness” which turned out to be low folic acid put paid to my creativity from the end of October onwards.…
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The kindness of strangers
On Monday I had my (now) annual neurology follow up appointment and since the bus that stops near my home goes by the the hospital in Hertford I decided it was time for a new adventure. I hoped to have no problem with this adventure thanks to placing a beacon on my destination on my…
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The Witching Hour
I don’t often “review” the books I read as I’d be writing every day or so… Plus I’m reading for my pleasure not to let others know how many books I’ve read etc. However there’s always an exception and this has been it. The Witching Hour is well worth a read in my opinion I…
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Back in April 2023 I wrote the following post https://wasthatadinosaur.wordpress.com/2023/04/18/a-distressing-time/ Well in the summer this year I got another we want you to pay a ridiculously high direct debit bill. I phoned and this time got a lovely lass who finally got someone to connect my accessible meter monitor and I was told the smart…
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