WHAT鈥橲 IT ALL ABOUT AMALFI ?
Guten tag mein leiblings.
Made pasta with meat balls in tomato sauce last night鈥hopped some sausages up, fried them off, threw in some bits of bacon, a little flamb茅 with a splash of vino rossi, in with the tomatoes, melt in some parmesan, a stock cube, salt and pepper and let the little baby simmer with a lid on for as long as you dare.
This was all fine, as was the chef鈥檚 glass of wine I was treating myself to, I was all set for a nice wholesome night in but I was going to have to pop out to buy the pasta. I had a quick look at the crossie, finished off my wine and then nipped out to the local, 鈥渨e sell everything shop,鈥 just before nine.
I got back in鈥
鈥t a quarter to three this morning. Don't ask cos' I'm not telling.
There is a sofa guest, male again, what the heck is wrong with me? Don鈥檛 even go there!
Have I told you about the wizards? If I have forgive me but I鈥檓 about to again.
A very wise man, who is also very well known, has written about the wizards, what follows is his wisdom not mine.
In short, when it comes to living one鈥檚 life, there are three types of people in this world of ours.
There are those who just get on with it, they get up go to work, things happen around them, they die.
Then there are those who notice coincidences, coincidences that happen all the time. These people have their eyes and minds open to the fact that sometimes things are stacked in our favour and sometimes we find ourselves swimming against the tide.
Then there鈥檚 the third type of person, who has somehow gone one stage further and realised that the coincidences are in fact much more than that. These types of people are so sensitive to the world around them and inside them that they can feel circumstances guiding them one way or another, from one place to the next. These circumstances are the wizards.
I think a lot of people that read this blog and listen to the show are somewhere between the second kind of person and the third kind of person. I don鈥檛 think any of you are the first kind of person; otherwise you wouldn鈥檛 鈥済et鈥 our show or this blog. You would listen to Capital or your local nonsense station and you would read Heat magazine and you would never 鈥渄o鈥 anything and you would have no appreciation for food or how it鈥檚 cooked or where it comes from.
If you can work on yourself a little bit, you will be able to get to the third stage of living. It鈥檚 such an enjoyable way to exist. It鈥檚 not a question of thinking what to do next, it鈥檚 a question of listening and feeling what to do next. It鈥檚 developing a sixth or seventh sense that helps you make the right choices twenty four seven. It鈥檚 one stage on from blink. It鈥檚 educated instinct if you like. In short it鈥檚 brilliant, one hundred per cent fool proof. It鈥檚 hard work at first but in the end saves loads of time and energy.
Be aware, look around, what is the world telling you to do every second of the day?
Since I鈥檝e been 鈥渁ware鈥 my life has improved immeasurably.
Last night, I 鈥渓istened鈥 the whole time and I never stopped smiling. People kept coming up to me, remarking upon the fact that I appeared to be so happy, so up.
I鈥檓 in a place where I feel I could cope with anything.
Suck it and see.
I think you鈥檒l like it.
x.
I鈥檓 just off to drink eight pints of water, won鈥檛 be long. Ha ha !
Comments
Christopher and bloggers
Perhaps you should think about investing in a larger flat? I once knew a woman whose husband popped out on Christmas Eve to get something and came home the day after boxing day. Surprisingly they are still married. Similarly, a friend's chap went out one Sunday for some asparagus (they're a bit posh!) and came back having bought a boat - now called asparagus of course.
So have you eaten the meatballs? Was that the object of the munchies at 2.45 this morning?
Not sure which one of the types I am. I do know however, that life doesn't just happen to you. You have to engage with it, and make it happen.
Book recommendation, currently Black Swan Green, the latest by David Mitchell of Cloud Atlas fame. Interesting and amusing take on 1982 by a 12/13 year old boy.
Ciao
xx
Morning Chris
I envy you your wizards, i usually go about my business with a sprinkling of fairy dust. This week however I've got a week off work and malevolent pixies have crept in, one of the little blighters tripped me up on Saturday and broke my toe. Pleased with it's work it obviously told the internet and merlot pixies where I lived and between them thay have consumed my entire week so far.
Please send some wizards up north so they can see off the pixies.
Either that or I'll try your 8 pints of water route to restoring inner karma and hope the pelvic floor fairy is still up to the job.
xx
Bang on ding dong Chris!
Katie x (The aussie one)! As I have noticed there are two.
Chris, you might be disappointed to hear that I "read" Heat, but also get your show. So I am perhaps not worthy of being one of your listeners. Ooooh....hold on. There; have had a little lie down and am over it.
Good Morning Mr. Evans
I could not agree with you more. My world is a wonderful wonderful place to live in. I love being so aware of everything around me, how everything interacts. I am of the "no such thing as coincidences school of thought" I see everything that happens as a guide, a sign to be interpretated in which ever way I feel is right for me and the world around me. I am a new-ish listener to the show as I was getting so fed up with the drive home drivel on the other stations. Thank You for brightening up my traffic jams and being such an entertaining accompliment to my drive home. Keep being fabulous, being happy and enjoying life x x
This may not be the place, but I had to thank you for the ukele lady Gabriella. You talked about things you love....well I really really love my Mum, and realised just how much on Tuesday She was taken into hospital with severe chest pains and after 6 hours with our very good NHS, was admitted for overnight observation and tests. Anyway......listening to you on the way home that evening ....and as I pulled onto the drive you asked the ukele lady to play once again on your show and SHE WAS SO GOOD....the emotion of the day just caught up with me and I sobbed like a baby in the car....she was my release valve....don't ask me why...perhaps it was the upbeat vibe counteracting and expelling the bad vibes of the day. You were in the right place at the right time and I just wanted to say a big thank you.
Off to be some research on variant angina for Mum....bound to be loads of questions tonight!!
Love and thanks
Tracey
Morning Chrissy and fellow bloggees,
Sadly, think I am mostly like the first kind of people- sort of trapped in my working-single-mum daily grind and I mostly feel that this is my lot in life.
However, there are times (and its mostly when I'm walking the dog- borrowed off my sister) that I feel the glories of Nature around me- sunshine in my eyes, the call of the birds, the wind in my face, the cloud formations that I'm sure have been put there just for me. It is then I feel that anything is still possible and that life, in all its madnesses is still truly wonderful.
Maybe I occasionally do dip my toes into those third kinds of peoples' shoes after all!!
And I am going to take your advice and be more aware from now on.
Have a good one everybody!!
Wow, I'm not alone.
I really enjoyed reading this blog.
My mum and sister think I'm a little wierd. They live their lives in their own boxes. Anything outside that box is not comfortable for them. They don't even want to be out of their boxes. They probably read Heat. If they knew I blogged they would think I was even wierder than they already think I am.
I don't think I'm wierd, I enjoy my life. I'm happy, I'm successful, I'm fulfilled. But there is always more fulfillment out there. I love being mentally stimulated.
I've never had a complete box around me, my box opens and I get out. But there are times when I get back in. I've always felt the odd one out. People I work with have boxes, most, if not all of my friends have boxes.
I never know whats round the corner, but it's exciting not knowing.
And I love pasta with meatballs, with red wine.
Thanks Chris, that was great. I love my instincts.
I used to read heat, and now I can't pick it up. Strangely enough I read Good Housekeeping -especially for the recipes.
I also listen all the time. THings are always telling me things - i told you last week about the people in my car. When they appear, I know its time to slow down and take some time to myself!
Recently however, there has been a hawk around. Instead of hoovering by the side of the dual carriage way - its been sitting on the fence at the side of the road, waiting for me to go by. It has a wee look, nod and then flys off. Its just checking that I'm remembering to stretch my wings.
My car keeled over on me on Tuesday, and I had to stand at the side of the road, on a busy dual carriage way for 30 minutes til I got myself sorted. It was a lovely way to spend rush hour, I smiled at everyone driving past. Frantic to get about their business.
Back to food. My husband made risotto one night. He makes a rare risotto. But we didn't have any white wine, so he threw in red. It looked awful really really awful, but the smell was fantastic, and it tasted like mmmmmm the best red wine risotto I had ever ever had. But he won't make it for me again. Bummer.
Bye
Hel,
I like that blog the best!
I believe that you have to do everything you are afraid of and that coincidences mean that something is going to happen. I also believe in fate, but only if you choose it, it only works if you notice where you are being led and that you have the guts to follow that lead.
Taking chances is great fun and even if it all goes wrong you learn and become better!
em25x
Good morning Chris and everyone
Go for it!!!
As that advert says that.....(whatever his name is) had a much more interesting life when he started to say YES.
Say YES to life !!
Life is for living after all.
Go with your instincts...do what feels right... no matter what anyone else says.
Most of my best decisions have been made in an instant...on gut instinct.
I once walked out on a boyfriend from a nightclub. just put on my coat...walked out and never ever ever looked back.
Keep your eyes and your feelings open.....trust them.
Go on do something impulsive today...see where it takes you.
Re: the-song-after-the-interview-game
got the stereophonics chris :-) so the hat tricks up.
you did over emphasise the word "office" twice though i noticed, clues that helped me get it, i must admit
onwards and upwards, to the next challenge, in about 7 hours 15 mins roughly. :-)
ps. to anyone reading who use aol, Mr Jamie Oliver is doing a pasta webcast tonight right after Chris's show.
its an idea though. cooking with chris, an extension of the blog perhaps.
were the meatballs ruined??
you must be careful of these sofa dwellers. I once found a chap on my sofa one morning and he never moved out - he still lives in the house now (4 years later) with his other half and I dont! I was displaced from my life! but I wandered off to live in portugal for a few years which was great. I still have no idea how he got there in the first place - and neither does he!
I went to "Inn on the lake" for dinner last night in the end. Posher than I expected but nice.
Love Jennie (from the block)
Christophe,
Man, you need to move closer to the shop!
I used to have a problem with this group of time skip dwarves, but I found that moving away from my local hostelry helped to solve the problem! Now a visit to the local shop is an expedition I am less inclined to meet up with the time skip dwarves!
Hence, less GBH of the ear'ole from the missus!
Chris, bloggers et al
Only have couple of minutes to post - so this is just a quickie (thank goodness for that I hear you all cry!!).....have some great postings to reply to...later......: ) : )
...however, i just HAD to write to say
Chris...you are such an inspiration to me ....thank you.
Gaby
xx
ooh, just before I go...Karen - the book Chris was asking about may have been the book that inspired the foraging guy.....if that has already been answered above then apologies, havent had time to read the postings yet -
Bang on ding dong indeed Chris,
Bang on ding dong to yu to Penguin...'engage with life and make it happen' that is fantastic...will have that in mind all day today.
Great day all..x
Great stuff Christophe! It's so good to hear and share your energy and joie-de-vivre... Now there's another phrase to join the chaise-longue!
Quite agree about the wizards of life. Did you inform the Big P about them, or was he one of the wizards to guide you, as he does me? Omens are all around if we keep our eyes and ears open for them. Also the great St Benedict right at the start of his Rule (written about 1,550 years ago) advises his monks - and it applies to us too - to "listen with the ear of your heart" to life calling us on. Good advice I find.
Being open to new ideas and experiences is so important. I will go on enjoying learning more from you and the other bloggers.
Happy Thursday everyone xx
Yes, bang on... spose I'm between the second and third.... female friends say it's being in touch with my feminine side, which grates on me slightly (like most men are farty, arse-showing, BO-driven, wolf-whistlers - which I am, but only when I go out).
Sid
Yes Yes all very deep and meaning full but what i want to know is if you took the simmering pot of the stove before you went out!!!!!!
Im sure eight pints of water cant be good for you.Mind you is it one pint of water for every pint of larger?
I hope you turned the meatballs off!!
Whats it all about Alfi.
Coincidences seem to happen to me most of the time.
Possibly I live in a hightened imaginary state. Still I have my fair share of wizards.
By the way Dr Mc Crumbles secreatary Denise looks like Steven Fry or is that just a coincidence.
Morning Chris and all,
It may be just me but sometimes I'm happy to exist and let things happen around me, it's usually when I'm in a solitary mood and want only my dogs, books and tv for company. And then there are times when I "go with the flow" which I think is a wizard type thing. Strange though, when I'm in solitary Lynda-land I'm normally learning, looking for knowledge, being at peace with myself and working real hard. Wizard times are more fun, when I find myself with a bit of time to spare, when I go for an early doors beer and come back at 4 in the morning on a school night (normally when I've got to be up and out for an early presentation) and that's what makes it fun! It's naughty and you know that a sensible person would have had an early night but somehow it focuses your mind and you meet far more interesting people.
I like my wizards I just never had a name for them.... Thanks Chris
Lynda
-x-
P.S. That book on foraging might be "Food for Free" by Richard Mabey. Available on Amazon still, but I think we've had ours for about 30 years!!!
Chris,
Great blog entry today. However, I don't know how you stand all these "house guests"! I know it's really anti-social, but I never have people over on a whim. I can't bear the thought of someone knocking on my door and I don't know in advance that they are due to arrive - I suppose I do live in my own "box" in that respect.
I would LOVE to be a wizard - I am going to work towards it! I am in touch with what's going on in the world and I am very, very aware that everything happens for a reason. Also, I know you have to be open to anything and everything. Now, I don't doubt what you're saying but can anyone REALLY make the right choices 24/7? How is that possible? Well, it would seem the wizards can do that, so I'll give it a go. Roughly, how long will this take?!
C xx
P.S. I very seldom get to hear the show due to family and work commitments but I am sure it's brilliant. I loved listening to your Saturday show, so I know you are a genius - that word can be over-used, but not in your case! Use the gift wisely!
Em 25- i totally agree, and live my life to the mantra of "Feel the fear and do it anyway!!"
It usually turns out great, and if not, youve learned lessons along the way.
Life if good, and we should all try and enjoy it more, its such a short time really, best wishes everyone!
Gilly
Hi All
OK - I am rubbish at guessing the post interview tunes but it is a fun game. So I am going to put my guess in now...
Billy Bragg is in today - presumably talking about his new book. I guess the song will be "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols.
My reasoning is that BB has punk influences and has had very political music in the past. He is also working with the current Government of House of Lords reform - apparently.
Anyone else?
Hi Chris and everyone else on this lovely blog,
I love your show and your blogs are inspiring, I gave up Heat magazine when I started to feel really ashamed for reading it, I notice all the coincidences around me, but I don't quite understand how to move on to stage 3, where I meet my wizards.
I really want to because i'm such a miserable cow half the time and i've got lots to be cheerful about. You seem such a happy boy so please tell me how to "be aware".
Thanks lovely, Em xx
Ffffffflippin eck!!!
I'm tellin you Evans, there' something goin ok here! Its a reawakening, people from all walks of life, all over the country (I think we're behind much of world on this) are beginning to turn there little lives into making every day count and listening with their souls not their routines.
One day, many moons ago, I was deep in the mire of unemployment...I got up one morning and decided to live that day like no other before it and just do listen out the whole 24 hours to what I should do with the day. It was special for no obvious reason other than it was at that time unlived and pregnant with expectation and potential.
I ended up doing a million and one things that normally I would have been shut off to, incl. driving all the way to Manchester to deliver something to someone I'd only met once because they'd said they could do with it. I didn't even know how to find this person of even if I'd get to deliver it (sometimes just the journey not the event is the point - in the process, if you know what I mean?).
Sometimes you just need to get yourself there and then you'll work out what to do. You probably, 9/10 times won't get that clarity in foresight.
I hope that this blog gets a friday-like frenzy of posting today. If it doesn't then it'll probably be because of guilt -perhaps this is the way some bloggers know they should be living but have been putting it off/ignoring it for too long now. Carpe Diem people!!!
If they need a helping hand I'd recommend the whole take a day off from routine, rip out the page in your diary and don't plan anything...just listen. You really do only get one chance to live that day out - it'll never come around again.
For those who are in need of alittle more structure there's a great book called '50 ways to change the world for a fiver' done by 'We are What We Do' people. Which helps you change your way of thinking little by little to help be more 'green' thinking and people/life orientated not task driven.
A final note:
The ultimate key to it all is never 'arriving' but holding onto that awareness that you have never made it. The moment you think you have, you're further than ever before.
Enjoy today bloggers!
(There's a special bond between us wizards-in training or fully qualified).
Let's celebrate it!
mini girl xxx
Morning All.
Wizards, pixies, fairies, goblins????? What a spooky little blog it is today. That sort of thing gives me the willies!!!!
Now, coincidences, I can relate to. (and no I dont read "Heat").
I too believe in fate, but dont believe you have much control over it as there are too many outside influences.
Another male sofa guest?.....People may start to talk!!!!!
Cooking with Chris, what a great idea.....
Laters Peeps
Melanie C
All a bit spooky there, I was talking with my friend about this just last week following a few realizations and developments in both our lives!
Or maybe thats the wizzards at work again!
I've always been a very strong believer in things happening for a reason, or what is meant to be is meant to be, you follow the path and when you start to sit up and take notice you realize something which seemed really pants at the time actually helped in the long run.
Not sure if I engineered them that way or not but either way looks like the little signposts along the way seemed to have one direction bigger than the other. I don't know maybe thats just hind sight!
I thinki fall into the second catagory. Has any one else got a "thing" for the time 11.11. i seem to notice it all the time, ( well at least twice a day!).
Uri Gellar has an artice on his website about it, the meaning it has in the whole scheme of things. Be interested to hear if anyone else notices this, or am i the only one!!
You are soooo right
Life is what you make it
You make your own' luck' - go around being happy and 'luck' will continue I think.
It is great being a happy person and when life goes pear shaped like some dying or being ill always 'count your blessings' as there is always, always, always someone worse off than you somewhere in the world.
Wow aren't we all philosophical today?
Enjoy the beautiful autmn colours efore the pretty CHristmas lights come - isn't there always something to enjoy?
Morning Bloggers and schloggers,
I trust we are all well?
Oh Christopher what a bachelor life you lead, did you have the Pasta and meat balls for breakfast? LOL :-))
Wizards eh!
I think I am one of the second persons鈥..well at least most of the time. I can flit from one to the other depending on who I am dealing with or what I am dealing with.
I have days where I am a wizard for sure and others when I am happy to go with the flow.
Happy Thursday everyone
Keith
x
P.S
No joke today :-(
I have posted this over an hour ago (with a joke) and it has not been added so I can only assume the joke has been moderated by the 成人快手 laughter police. As you are al aware I have no intention of offending anyone so I think I had better stop posting jokes as I must have offended someone :-((((((
Hi Chris and all,
Hope everyone is doing ok.
I had always believed in coincidences and going with your gut feelings and stuff (how my mum always taught me to make my decisions in life!)
Last December I had a wierd experience which started a rapid chain of continually even wierder events.
I am only just starting to realise how much we can "create" these coincidences at some other level and I'm still at the point of being freaked out when I do and immediately back off while I try to find logical explanations.
Then just as frequently I don't find the logic so relax and try again only to be freaked out again.
Guess the journey from type 2 to type 3 is a bit freaky for a while. I am going to keep trying though
Take care all
Hi Chris
Everytime I read your blog, something in it relates to me, but I never make a comment. However, today, you've truly hit the nail on the head for me.
I'm so aware of good things happening around me, coincidences, good fortune, being in the right place at the right time and so on. When these good things happen, I always thank my guardian angel and from now on I'll also thank my wizard.
I'm off to a funeral today and obviously feeling a bit down and my best friend sent me an email that really made me laugh and think about the good things again. The good wizards don't want me to dwell on sad times, but think of happy times in the past, present and future.
I'm a very lucky and blessed person with a strong family and amazing friends who all care for me. Surely with that sort of support, my life can only be good. And if at any one time it's not good, something will happen that will help me put it all back into perspective.
Chris, thanks love. Today, you're my wizard!!
Ron
x
Guten Tag Chris and bloggers everywhere.
How strange that you start todays blog in German ? I was going to mention "ear varm" - but I guess that's not how it's spelt ? I'm told it's German for "Ear Worm" which is when you have a tune stuck in your head and it goes around all day long.
I woke up this morning with the "Fox the fox" (not literally of course) and it's been with me all day since.
Good day to all...
morning all it's nearly lunchtime for me and now my mouth is a watering pasta bacon very "rashional" of you sir christop of evans.
i think you should be a sofamale instead of and alpha male the amount of Bilmmin sofas your on!
conicidences yeah happen not appear to happen if that makes sense.
and us bloggers true we get the show and blog as well as read it so we are the secondish thirds!
and local radio paaa!!! listen to radio2 wogan ken bruce, viney wrighty and were not worthy chris evans!
magic sorted nice one off for food
Bilmming starvoed
laters
Morning all,
I am kinda stuck in the second stage at the moment although swimming against the tide and very aware of it!
As I mentioned earlier in the week I am in a blue funk phase at the moment. What with my move and my current unemployed / trying to change career status I am feeling caught up in the swirling tide.
So would that be going with the flow - no matter how fast and crashing it is? I know I need to change things and I really want to I'd like to move on to the next stage and I am beginning to put in place a plan of action.
I am going to build a bridge, one step at a time until perhaps I am surfing that wave and hopefully this will lead to the beach of being aware.
All I know is that today, the sun is shinning, my cat, Andy, has been given the thumbs up after having to have some teeth removed, I have straightened up the house and am going to go for a swim before spending the afternoon applying for a job, that sounds pretty great and local too!
Crikey, I think I've just convinced myself that I might be able to do this thing they call life!
Glad you can all share my first truly positive thought of October!
Jenner
x
I think you're right on the Wizards thing. I also think most of us loose this ability as we get older. Kids are great at living in the moment and doing whatever they get the urge to at any point in time rather than thiking things through too much.
What a great sounding night. I don't think I've done something like that since I was a student!
Blimey - how can you fail to start your day with a smile after reading a blog like that?!
I'm actually a bit speechless; you know how when someone says something that resonates with you SO strongly all you can do is sit there, nod and grin and grin and grin...mostly because you've been shown that there is someone else out there who 'gets it'?!
And now I'm smiling even more because look how many of us 'get it'! (Or are at least prepared to start learning how to 'get it'!).
It's only been over the last 4-ish years that I've been increasingly thinking about life, and living it, with a different hat on. I guess I've taken off the crash helmet and am going for more of a cowgirl stetson number (stops you from squinting but you can still feel the breeze through your hair).
It's a change that has been brought about largely by taking yoga into my life, as well as a bit of tinkering with Reiki, and learning the art of training (and riding) horses without any violence, force or fear...and these three aspects have brought me into contact with people who have changed my life.
Yeah it sounds corny to the uninitiated - but it's true.
But you know what? The meeting amazing people thing hasn't stopped because once you're open to it you realise that actually you 'meet' amazing people every day. It may not be in person; it may be over the phone, it may be sending someone some positive energy as you pass them on the street, or it could be interracting with fab people on a blog ('though I can't think for one minute what sort of people would do that....!).
It makes me smile - on the outside and the inside - that there are more of us out there than I think there are. Let's face it, the world needs groovy people now more than ever...
From the comments you guys have already made it has struck me that those moments of "wow-ness" are very rarely had in isolation (though I know they do happen...) but from what we've said it's when we're out there, with people or with nature, that you can get the 'feel'. So what's the moral for the day? We all need to get out more!
Chris - I'm rapidly thinking that you're one of the shining lights for us groovy-thinking people. Shine on, baby!
Meg x
Good Morning Chris & All
Another good night there Chris and you're still up to blog 6 hours later - now that's dedication ..... I'd still have been snoring happily. Please tell me though that you turned the cooker off when you went out?
Your wizards sound oh so good as surely circumstances must in general guide you in a better direction than you were going before .... takes us back to Danny Wallace as the Yes Man.
As Katie mentioned there are 2 of us so I'm gonna have a dramatic name change and become Katie_O, saves all the confusion.
BigUn - love, thoughts, best wishes & positive energy is being sent your way for tomorrow - stay strong and keep smiling. x
Have a great day everyone
Hear you at 5 Chris
Katie_O
x
I expect someone has mentioned it before, but I think the world seems brighter and more lovely when you wonder at it all, and taking that time stops you being grey...The Celestine Prophecy is quite good at making the same point...
The best way to 'feel it' is to go camping I think you know that strange etherial sort of glow that the grass and sky have when you first come out of the tent in the morning?
Thanks Katie!
We can't help it if we have the best name EVER!!
I appreciate your change of name as it should have been me that did that as I think you were blogging long before me!!
Anyway im really enjoying making new friends on this blog a wee little community arhhh!
That is the one thing I missed about travelling is meeting lots of new people day to day so blogging is the next best thing!
What a christmas party we could all have maybe Chris could arrange the venue!
Right my big decision of the day coming up! What the hell shall I have for lunch???
Byeeeeee
xx
Morning all. Great blog Chris, and GREAT show last night - I was driving and I felt like making notes so I could get back to you!! You really do have the knack of making your show just feel like a cosy conversation that I so want to join in on!!
What did I want to talk about now?? Ooh, cryptic crossword, HOW satisfying is it when you work the clues out??? Know TOTALLY where you're coming from on that one. Then there was Gordon, lovely lovely Gordon - you didn't read out my text telling him I love him but I forgive you!! And other stuff but now I can't remember (that's why I need to make notes!!!!!!!!)
Risk taking - I met my lovely man on the internet too! Apparently it's now the most common way of meeting your partner, and I highly recommend it!!
Have great days everyone, and Big'Un, if you're around, I'm still sending you lots of positive vibes for tomorrow.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hiya Chris,
I've never done this before, and bizarrely I'm a bit nervous. Aren't we funny creatures?
Your bit about wizards compelled me to respond. I think it's a fab philosophy.
"Trust yourself, then you will know how to live"
Goethe (I think)
Too bloomin' true. It's difficult, but really well worth it. Listening to the world is so much more interesting than trying to prove things to it.
Have a lovely day, Chris.
Claire xx
Hi Chris
Just back from a week of cruising around the Med - very nice but I MISSED THE BLOG & I MISSED THE PROG. So its back to normality now - its always good to get away but its always even better to get back into one's own bed. As you have a couple of abodes, which is your favourite bed might I dare to enquire? Your "town" bed or your "country" bed?
Its very seldom I get the urge to eat pasta. I have a gluten intollerance and therefore if such an urge does come, I use corn pasta (bought from my lovely local health shop - expensive, but hey!) but yesterday on the way home from a meeting I decided it was pasta time. So that's what I ate - shame you didn't get to that stage yourself - maybe tonight, maybe not - it is Thirsty Thursday after all!!
Will catch up with a couple of missed programmes later on, by the way, you are quite correct in your observations - until recently I was betwixt the second and third stages myself, but have happily & safely arrived at stage three now. Onwards & upwards, onwards & upwards!
Good to be back among you fellow bloggers.
Love, Jane xx
I am just having one of those perfect moments when someone says something and it turns a big set of locks to "open" in your head.
I've just changed jobs after 9.5 years of safety but boredom in a previous one - the job I've come to has turned out to be really disappointing, but reading your blog has just made me realise how free I am now to choose my own path from here... where I am now is a stepping stone that will get me to where I want to be. I have taken a huge step in the right direction...
Last night I was feeling really blue and a bit angry about things, but I honestly feel like a weight has been lifted now... thanks Chris! I'm going out for some lunch!
Antony.
Minigirl #28 - great insights, I'd say.
And everyone else! We're all getting to know the wizards better by sharing our understanding of them.
Also made me think of another saying, from the late Archbishop Romero: "Aspire not to have more but to be more"
Hmm. I'd like to think I'm between 2 and 3, but I dunno.
Everything is connected, but is it the world telling us to do things, or our own subconcious? My instincts are pretty good, and every time I don't listen I get into trouble. Is that the same?
Food rocks - love the sound of your spag bol, though suspect it's a bit burned by now?
If you really, really do read these Christophe, I'd love you to tell me if you'd be up for a Q&A as part of my job - though I bet that gets taken out. It's cheeky.
But hey, that's what my instincts are telling me to do.
Love to you, yours and all bloggers.
xx
Hi Chris and the blogettes.
Mmmmmmmmwah!
What a fab blog.... I'm only guessing but...... till quarter to three in the morning was a little longer, than you'd usually dare to let those babies simmer for... :)
Wizards...... yep I like those.... just yesterday morning on my way to work .. for no reason other than it "felt" right to,( and in the 6 years I've worked here , haven't done it before) I stopped on the outskirts of Kings Stag ... a place nobody has heard of, in Dorset.... pulled into the empty lay-by, just to look at the Deer ... lots of them in a field .... got out of my car and there in the field was a photographer, taking pictures of the Deer..........so I just watched for a while ....... ... he stood up and looked over .... I recognised his bearing ( the way he stood) but mainly his hat....... he was a chap I hadn't seen for over 10 years; when I worked in a different part of the Country........ We had a great chat, caught up on 10 years of life ... turned out he is on holiday in this area, offered him a lift back to his car ( about 3 miles away) but he said he'd been in a car with me before and anyway, it was a nice morning for a walk......
Have you ever had the "feeling" that something would be bad but did it anyway to go along with the crowd? You want to say no but somehow it comes out as ok then?
Routine drives me bonkers!!!
Keep smiling
Rachel
x
( PS it was the same hat)
Love the wizard idea. What clever person wrote it and where can I hear more?
Difficult sometimes to know how much your openess to follow your gut call means stuff happens and how much it would have happened anyway. Whichever way, life is most definitely a series of brilliant adventures with a load more out there about to happen....
Ever been to Essaouira in Morocco? Full of wizards with lots of wisdom to share. Cool beards too. No booze though so limited 3am benders; you can't win em all.
Mr Evans, you continue to brighten my day and for that I genuinely thank you.
x x x x
Hi Chris.
Can you be a bit of all three types of person? I think some days you just get on with it. Live life as it comes. The next day you read a little bit into everything. I like my life like that, it's fun. If I can bore you non golfing bloggers with a little golf analogy (is that the right word???)......... Sometimes your playing a round of golf. Everything is going right, you're in the zone, you get that bounce you were expected, that putt broke the way you wanted it to. You come off the eighteenth green happy that you just played golf and it just happened.... OR ..... You're playing a round of golf. You notice every hump and bump on the fairway, you worry about hitting them and you're little white ball bouncing off one and into the trees. You over putt your putt!!!. BEAR WITH ME, I AM GOING SOMEWHERE. (CHRIS, YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME RIGHT?) What I'm saying is that if you notice too much then you will begin to worry unnecessarily. Sometimes it's great to be that 1st type of person, you go with the flow etc. It's just about finding the balance.
Ps. Chris, get a bigger flat man! Your Sofa must be unbelievably comfy. Where did you get it?
Hello Christophe et al
Many apologies if I ramble, we've just had champagne and pizza at work - it's a bizarre combination but the after effects mean I'm ready for a little nap.
I love the idea of wizards, it's quite true that many people seem to bimble through life with no regard for others and I can't understand that. I've got friends who believe in "fate" and this totally frustrates me - how can you sit on your backside and yet expect good things to happen. Surely you contribute to your own luck. Being single they expect that "mr right" will just appear and they never go out or do anything to meet anyone. I go out, I've tried internet dating, speed-dating etc. I might not have met my ideal man but at least I'm doing something to change my little world.
And I'm ranting too! It's warm and dry in Nottingham today, no rain, just a few clouds hiding a blue sky,
As for the Katie's it is a great name - i was one too until I reached 8 and then thought I was grown-up enough to be officially Kathryn. I'm now 31 and think I may have got that bit a little bit wrong!
Hic!
Kathryn x
Ahh, the wonderful wizards.
A couple of weeks ago I was inundated with them, everywhere I turned another would pop up and the next extraordinary thing would occur. It was amazing, incredible, unbelievable, truly wonderful. I was so blooming happy my faced ached from constantly smiling - which is no bad thing let me assure you.
Then something went awry and I am not sure if it was something I did or said but I know exactly when it began!
I was driving around the back roads where I live, very narrow barely room for two bicycles to pass let alone two cars, when round the corner, traveling flat out came a little red car. I could allude to its make but I have no idea what it was. It came hurtling towards me on my side of the road far too fast. I panicked, I braked, I swerved into the mud bank on the left but alas, out wing mirrors touched and mine smashed into a million pieces.
Damn and blast I thought, that is most unfortunate and words to that effect leapt forth from my mouth!
Anyway since that time everything else in my little world has been turned on its head - and not to my liking I might add! Anyway, I believe the term is PMA - positive mental attitude. I am grasping at it at the moment like it is a slippery eel but no doubt in a few weeks all will be well again and those lovely little wizards will be back on my side to make my life rosy again! Can鈥檛 wait!
LONG LIVE THE WIZARDS!!!
H x
Howdy
Another great blog Christophe.
39, Christian, noted kids are
good at X, Y and Z. Well maybe
to learn to be a "wizard", we
should all give ourselves persmission
sometimes to be any "age" we
want to be (says he as a 42yr old, who
has just ordered the complete "Trumpton",
"Camberwick Green", and "Chigley"
from that Jersey based site which
rhymes with "Day" which has the
three on sale @ 拢5.99 each instead
of 拢15 each. I was buying them for a 4yr old
for Christmas and managed to
order two of each - cough cough). I checked
my order and have managed to order
"Mr Benn" as well. Status is "posted"
and I can't wait for them to arrive!
I'm not sure if I'm a No2 or a No3 or
as you put it, somewhere between the two.
People tell me I'm empathic (personally I refuse
to elevate myself to such a pedastel) because
for instance I can tell when someone is 'down'
even when they are putting up a front. I can
tell when someone is lying, sometimes
I "hear" two different conversations, what
they are saying and the truth. Weird I know
but it happens. Apparently though I'm unreadable
(which I like) but not unapproachable. One
of those who attracts people who want to
"talk"
In terms of "co-incidence", there are many
who say there is no such thing, there is a
reason for everything happening. Others
believe that everything that happens to
you is attracted by your sub-conscious mind;
you wake up in a bad mood and the day
goes downhill because you notice all
the bad things that happen; you have to
park further away than you intended,
it starts to rain when you get out the car
and OF COURSE you don't have a brolly.
I read a viewpoint once that said that
our moods and feelings were like radio
frequencies. If your frequency is low,
you attract low frequency events in
your life. How do you get your
frequency back up ? Change the station
(No, NOT from Radio-2). Think about
summat that makes you feel good,
a fave song, meal, good memories.
Anything.
But to finnish on co-incidence (and I wonder
about this blog site that inspires people
to spill their 'secrets', but I "feel" OK about
doing this), on a particular day of the week
of a particular month of a particular year
my father killed himself very publicly
(newspapers, TV, radio; you can imagine).
The scandal at my office when it went in to
the public domain was that when all this
was going on, I went in to my work.
It wasn't that I didn't care or hurt; I just didn't
want to sit staring at four walls. Roll forward
six years to the next occurence of
the same day of week, same
date. I was saying to my friend "Do you
know it's six years to the day, including the
day of week since..... " and he said
"The way your life goes, I wonder what
will happen today then?" and we laughed.
Half an hour later, he had a heart attack
and dropped dead at my feet. I kid you not.
Co-incidence ? I don't know. I can look back
now and blush that when the paramedics
confirmed that he was dead, my first thought
was "He's not gonna know how Babylon 5 ended"
(it had one more episode to go on the re-run;
for some reason we'd managed to miss the 1st-run
of S5). I'm not superstitious but the other REALLY
stupid thing I did whilst waiting for the police
(because it was a 'house death' was I booted up the
computer and checked the next occurrence of the
day & date; it's not until 2010. Should I hole
myself away..........?
(I can't believe I'm admitting doing those two
daft things but it's "written now" so I'm not
gonna remove)
In closing, those two events (esp the 1st)
caused me to look more closely at people
in the street I have to say. Not out of
nosiness but I realised that with all
that going on around me *I* had gone
about my business and no-one knew
(at least not immediately). It caused me
to look at people and wonder "What's going
on in your life that you are putting on a
brave face" for.
As always pepes, Take Care.
Happy thirsty Thursday bloggers xx
I haven't blogged for a couple of weeks, had one
of my low points, but I have been reading the blogs daily and never miss your show Chris. Thanks to all for the positivity I've taken from both xx
Amazingly before I read Chris's blog this morning I knew when I woke up today was the day I would dust myself down ready to face the world again. I am a great believer in fate and things happening for a reason. I suffer from clinical depression, which is a bit ironic because all my live I have been known as "smiling Mary". However I am fortunate because thanks to the guidance from my wizards I now know when I'm going to hit a bad spot and I take time for me. I do cut myself off, because I find it difficult to see or talk to people, but for me it's a remedy a sad one sometimes but I know I will get through it. Normally it's quite a lonely time but not this time because I have had all you wonderful people on the blog, so a very BIG thank you xx
Speak of wonderful and BIG.........Mr BigUn, you are a wonderful inspiration, I having been thinking about your appointment tomorrow and praying all goes well for, will continue to send positive thoughts to you, take care xx
I don't understand why your joke wasn't posted,
the one about the specimen had me laughing out loud!
Chris I think you need to have a word with the moderators?
Bluenose #31 - I too always notice 11:11
I also wake up in the night and it's either 1:11, 2:22, or 3:33! Will have a look at Uri's website to see what his interpretation is, thanks for the tip.
I'm off for a nice walk to blow away the cobwebs that have gathered over the last two weeks :-)
Take care all
Mary xx
Hi Chris,
Yes you are right of course, we who listen and write do take part. You know what I did last night? I cleaned my 25 year old son's flat, like only a mother can!! sorry guy's no offence meant. I smiled the whole time. It wont become a habit I have too many things to do but I felt good doing it. I then spent the rest of the evening in my indoor garden room taking cuttings and planting bulbs. Cooked up a nice Spag Bog, bottle red vino and into bed with my gorgeous husband of 27 years.
What a wonderful life. How lucky am I.
Oh Chris,
I am sooooo with you on this one. Pillion on your broomstick if you will. A most wonderful (and possible ideal) way to exist. The trouble is it's not good for the people around you or people with whom you share your life. xx
Many people wonder why I'm single and this 'wizardry' way of life is precisely why. It is also why I can't have a dog and why I have many, many friends (none of whom can ever get in my pocket even though they try to). It's why I can't get into the 'trappings' of life that so many around me are committed to. Men I've known just don't get that. If I could find a partner to live alongside me who would accept that I am a totally free spirit then I would welcome him but in my experience men want to keep me indoors take me to meet their mothers and.......most ghastly of all......make plans for me! I have been accused of being selfish and cold and thoughtless and the truth is I am far from any of these things. I just love life and what happens to me. Chapter after sweet chapter of happenings! x
I am captain of my own ship and I love it. That's a lesson I learned from Star Trek many years ago and has stayed with me ever since. My ship goes wherever I want to go sometimes with a crew and sometimes without. Sometimes in tandem with another ship or a whole fleet of us. Rah!!! x
I know when I can afford to be open (freetime)and when I need to be closed (at work) to these happenings (wizards?) but the sheer excietement of there being happenings is my life force. At 40 I am just coming to the close of my 21 years of single parenting (as my son is now semi-independent) and I cannot wait to see what other experiences are coming my way as I will have much more 'open' time than I have had in nearly all of my adult life! There has been something MASSIVE on hold for years and I have no idea what but I've had 'the feeling' and the feeling is never wrong. It's like a greyhound waiting to leave the trap. I've no idea where the bunny is but I know that I want him! x
Now I've opened up and I'm at work! I'll have to spend some time closing down the senses and getting back to basics.
I hope that you have another magical day Christoff. I'm so getting you.
xxxxx Debs xxxxx
Christoher !!!!!!
I've just read yesterday's blog.
"No morning after pill required".
I now have a sore chest because I choked on
my (Green) tea. One of these "Can't believe you said that" moments. Shortly after I was reading (yet again) about the rise of STDs and HIV in the str8 community "Rubbering up" is a good option! (and I DON'T mean your wellies for going out in the torrential rain we've been having recently. Things have moved on somewhat from the days when some of the brands of the 'roll-ons' WERE like paddling in wellies - ha ha ha,
canna believe *I* said that! but it's done now). Talking of torrential rain (and leading back to today's comments about coi-incidence etc), has anyone else noticed that when torrential rain affects yr Freeview box, it's ONLY the channel that you are taping a classic B&W film in the afternoon that is affected and you end up with nowt on the tape ? Thankfully it's repeated again today.
Quickly (I promise), going back to yesterday's (if I may) :
I suppose it's a sad reflection on society (not on you I hasten to add) that you don't actually know if your friend is gay (then again maybe you do and you just aint telling 'cause it aint your info to tell if he ain't "out")
P.S A married pal of mine is STILL smarting after going to a Birthday "do" which decamped to a gay club in Glasgow where he was apparently told it was "dead obvious" he was "a breeder"
because of the way he danced.
P.P.S. For those of you who know openly or "out to a few trusted people" gay folk, not necessarily the "Camp as a row of tents" type, have you noticed that some tell the most OUTRAGEOUS gay jokes - not a single one I could repeat here -just as some Irish tell the most...... (which for some reason, as streams of conscience happen, causes me to remember 'A Scotsman, Englishman and Irishman go in to a pub and the barman asks 'Is this a joke?" ' )
Take Care one and all.
now on my 3rd pint of water. i'm a wizrad! yippee! hogwarts here i come!!! EXPECTOPATROMA!!!!!
the other night on the show you were talking about the windy miller advert! i love that little guy and his nudy uncle!! hehe! but i am loving the new children in need advert with terry!!!! BRILLIANT!!
Me again,
Just moving away slightly from the blog and on to the schlog. Has anyone on here ever tried to get through to the show on the telephone? I have been trying to get through this week (always engaged) to win tickets for James Brown. Still I guess it either is or is not meant to be!
All I can say is impossible :-(
Keith
x
I ran a women's networking thing the other night, and paired them all up randomly. Each pair made a connection, some of them quite amazing - the room was buzzing! Mind you wizards - is that the right word? Think women are much better at this sort of thing, much more intuitive etc. So has anyone got a better name?
Sx
Hiya,
all the comments made are true - but surely its much easier to appreciate the lovely things in life when you have experienced the not so lovely things. I have a good boss here at work, but appreciate him so much more due to the fact that my old boss was a control freak.
Its reflecting on experiences, and really learning from them that improves us and helps us to improve our quality of life. C'est la vie!
Chris.
One more thing, if I may, regarding co-incidence, for the masses to mull over
(Before I go on, to answer any questions from my previous entry, I picked myself up, dusted myself down and got on with it. What else was there to do? As the following demonstrates, it's not just me that bad things happen(ed) to. To think that would be wallowing in useless self-pity).
It would be wrong of me to give specific details of the family and I can't even remember the "where" but a good while back I read of a family whose mother died allegedly due to hospital mistakes. After that, at some point, the father was killed. I remember both "cases" at the time they were reported. In the way that these things procceed time-wise - at different rates - it turned out that the person deemed responsible for their father's death was sentenced on the same day that the results of the Fatal Accident Inquiry on their mother was announced in a different court. As I understand it (ie as I remember the reporting), the family attended both "hearings". Fate pulling their chain or just allowing them to have only one day of being proppelled once again in to the public domain? Just something to think about........
T/C
Kathryn #53.
As a believer in fate myself, I can assure you that I have NEVER sat on my backside and let things happen, and I dont "bimble" through life with no regard for others.
Maybe you are not old enough to have the knocks and setbacks that life can bring (dont mean that disrespectfully).
I have always been a person to get out there and do stuff, but firmly believe in fate, and always will.
Regards
Melanie C
Sean the German for Ear Worm is literally,
Ohr- Endosschraube (presume Endosschraube is Deutsch for Worm).
I have a German mother in law and speak the lingo a little but have to confess never having come across this phrase before.
However as all the German rellies are pretty much 80 and above I doubt many of them listen to rock music ...
As to wizards... hmm not sure I am into this philosophy, though I do very much think that life is what you make it and you should grab all opportunities as they present themselves. Sadly the advent of children in one's life does tend to have a knock on effect on one's spontaneity...
I also would have a problem trusting my wizards too much. But then I read a lot of Terry Pratchett and that lot at the Unseen University are a menace....
love Juliax
I so know where you are at the moment Chris, and this place is great- funny though didnt realise i was there until you said! A few years ago i was quite scared about who I was and why i acted in different ways and now i just love my life and the way i just seem to do the right things at the right time, so many coincidences! But at first didnt you find it weird before you realised that they were happening for a reason? At the moment for me its just constant and when i saw your blog it made me smile because i thought yep and heres another coincidence, for you too of said about the Wizards when i have only just come on to the blog.
I am learning aromatherapy at the moment and last night just after your show had the most sensual back massage with Patchouli and Ylang Ylang (thats the great thing about learning these things you get to be practiced on).
I was also considering a few things last night, a. what you said to sally about having to consider your age and how long it takes to learn new things - no dont consider that just do it you might not finish but hey you may get knocked down by a bus. What do you want to learn? I would like to learn Italian, learn to dance latin, do white water rafting, visit all the capital cities in the world and so so much more. At the moment im learning Counselling skills, Aromatherapy, Belly dancing (brill what a giggle- might even treat myself to a shimmy belt) and next month indian head massage. I have also taken up beading and made a crystal lampshade and learnt to make Dream catchers all whilst working part time for the NHS.
Where would this all come into play you ask after completing a degree in Psychology. Well i didnt know, just felt right to do these things then blow me have got a chance to do some voluntary work at a drop in centre for people with mental health problems and they use skill swapping and also relaxation exercises including aromatherapy hand massage and to top it off they take on trainee counsellors when completing your second year of the course - so great. Where next after that i have no idea but looking forward to finding out!
Good book to read "Counselling with toads" relating counselling to the animals in Wind in the Willows - amusing, a bit surreal but extremely true !
Have a good night.
Em x
ps. As a wizard visit some of the stone circles - 9 ladies in derbyshire is magical the views and walks are beautiful and you feel so in touch with nature - but remember a flask of hot chocolate and a hip flask of JD.
Hey there are lots of us!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coincidences happen to us all, but how we interpret them is lifechanging...nope LIFE ENHANCING in my opinion...but it's not just coincidences...it's how we interact with each other and the earth and how we re-energise ourselves and others, but that's another days topic...more about this can be digested in a book called Celstines Prophecy....I read it 10 yrs ago, and now re-reading and looking back can see the effect it has had on my life.....I have never been a victim, no regrets, have taken some risks and love life, hope this book might be inspirational xxx Sorry would luv to say lots more, but one of my latest ventures is about to take off....literally...fireworks..giggle..catch you next week after the stampede.
Have an explosive weekend xxxx
BigUn
Big Group Bloggers Hug for you tomorrow x
You must definitely be at Stage 3 - keep the jokes coming!!!!
x
Just wanted to say in answer to Mariella Wolensky apparently from yesterday - YES I PLAY THE CAR NUMBER PLATE GAME!! Or did - I got to 999 about 4 weeks ago, and it took me around 4 years........I started getting a bit stressed half way through as I realised the new format number plates were pushing all the old ones off the road and wondered whether I'd ever be able to finish.....but I did!! Hurrah!! But what can I do now instead to pass the time driving? It was so funny to hear that someone else does this as I've never heard anyone else that does (apart from my dad, years ago) and I've never told anyone I do either......do the letters on the number plates ever send you messages too??(on the subject of coincidences, wizards, whatever) I can be thinking of something and I see "TRY" on a number plate and it makes me smile.....or is that just me?
Chris and club members,
#28 mini girl....it looks like we ARE heading for a 'friday-like frenzy' of postings today - and they are really great......a special blog and special replies.
#74 (yesterday) Littlest Hobo...thank you for your reply - made me smile so much - loving the idea of the 'preprandial libation'......am working on my 'more light-hearted' book recommendation but am struggling to think of any that fit the afore-mentioned description!! - note to self....must lighten-up!! : )
Keith #61....I empathise with the problem communicating with the show - I can't even get a text message to transmit.......Chris did a feature a few weeks ago on 'what do you do that feels 'naughty'?'....I typed out a text (just typing it felt very naughty!!).....pressed 'send' and it just wouldnt go....well, if I tried once I tried scores of times......the thing is, with MY phone, if a text doesn't transmit, then the message is shown on the screen again.....and again....and again....a continuous reminder of my naughtiness, so by the time I gave up trying to transmit I felt like the naughtiest lady in the land......Probably just as well it never 'went'!!!!
Am making chicken stew tonight.........mmmmm
Gaby
x
Hi Chris
Definitely educated instinct helping along the path of life's experiences. Making mistakes and learning from them also helps in the all round balance of an individual - usually the "wise people" who pass on their knowledge have somehow learned through experiences along the way.
I would certainly hope I am "aware" and do enjoy the thoughtfulness of these deep and meaningful topics on your blog. I also love your show, with the interesting facts I learn everday....I bought a cabbage for the first time at the weekend and now promising to eat one twice a week for all the good reasons mentioned by your food guru expert.... I wont worry too much though of which category of person I fall under. Actions speak louder than words.
Love and Laughter .......Shirl.x.
melanie c #65, you couldn't be more wrong - I have had the knocks and the setbacks which is precisely why I get up and do things to change my life. What I meant was people who purely believe in fate and never do anything to help themselves because "what will be will be" frustrate me because I think that you get out of life what you put in. That might be where I go wrong as I tend to live at 100mph till I wear myself out and have to sit down for a bit and watch the world wander by.
Fate probably does have a part to play - otherwise why else would I live next to a single cute bloke with a porsche? However as he's obviously never going to ask me out, I'm going to have to get off my backside and do something to move it along. Hopefully that's a good compromise!
kathryn x
Wot ho all!
All this talk of Ukele girl...Chris, how about starting a show with Miss Dynamite-eeee or Smells Like Teen Spirit by Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain - they are rock gods (well sort of)
All - any ideas on post interview songs? I'm at a loss today.....
xx
Kathryn never to late to revert to the Katie!! We have all the fun..
My full name is Katherine but I fully know if anybody uses that I am in trouble!!
Had soup for lunch in the end and now feel v e r y s l e e p y!!! I think this country should introduce sleep rooms so we can power nap im sure they would get more out of us!!
Bye for now
p.s. your all bang on ding dong today : )
Katie
x
You are so lovely - why are you there & I'm here...
Took a while to decide whether I should post a comment today. Why? Well, I'm the second type of person for the majority of the time, occasionally lapsing into the third kind when I'm really on a roll, I love your show and really 'get' the whole ethos of the shlog - so why my hesitancy?
Well I am a sometime sneaky reader of Heat.
But then I figured that it doesn't really matter afterall as I am also a sometime reader of Plato et al! Variety and wizards are the spice of my life.
Great day all,
C x
Hi Chris and all,
Just read todays blog (bit late I know, work will interfere at times)
Felt I had to tell you of a strange coincedence that happened to me yesterday, well I'm not sure of the 'coincedencey-ness' of it but it shocked me twice and ended up restoring my faith in human nature.
Although I have georgeous man in my life who helps me tons, I feel I must be financially independant, so therefore have mortgage, endowment and all those other super things that happen when you grow up (45 now, but still not quite grown up).
Well I can just about keep my head above water, then yesterday (pay day) the tax man decided that three years ago whilst I was having a great time being a carer going to look after old and disabled people in their homes, the company I was working for had not deducted enough tax from me (the wages for this type of work are so bad I don't know how they have the nerve to take any) The upshot of this was he (taxman) decided to take a huge amount out of my pay, this caused tears and worry and all other forms of angst you can imagine.
Now the 'coincidencey' bit, after I returned from lunch, the directors of my firm had had an amazing whip round and handed me a pile of dosh to make up for the loss I had just suffered,
result more tears (but happy ones) and massive thank yous' all round.
I think of myself as one of those people who are 'aware' and look and listen all the time, and a bit like you am always being told how happy and chirpy I seem, but nothing could have prepared me for either of the occurances that happened yesterday.
Anyway, was the pasta thing ruined? Your sofa sounds like a happy place to be, does one have to book in advance (I bet there's a long waiting list)
Stay happy and aware
Nicki
71 Gaby
Does Chicken know?
Wow! Is this Chris Evans talking? Last year, when I was still a publicist at 成人快手 Scotland, I listened to that sixth or seventh sense, and decided to chuck the world of media. My friend and I started a business on the spiritual side, handcrafting 'believe boxes' (creative visualisation, using unicorn energy). We actually now host 'Unicorn, Fairy and Wizard' workshops for kids which is all about self-esteem and positive thought. It's SO far removed from everything I've done before, and I may currently be broke, but I'm certainly happy. I don't know where it came from, 'our idea', but maybe it was the wizards. Listening to our 'gut instincts', taking note of co-incedences (have you read the Celestine Prophecy?) is fabulous, especially when we see things happening as a result. So I'm all for the wizards, keep 'em coming!
So anyway Chris, what would you say to someone who sees her destiny as being linked with another person who does not apparently feel the same way?!? I get the impression that you would say "move on, life's too short, he's not interested" Yet there is a deep seated sense in me that it is "meant to be", and many a time the universe sends me a sign that this is the case....But I imagine a lot of stalkers also get these signs! Hey ho, x
PS Can anyone tell me what "LOL" means??!! I have one friend who uses it as "Laugh Out Loud" and one who uses it as "Lots of Love". But of the people who use it on this blog, neither makes much sense!! x
The best modern novel I have read in years is Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks. Absolutely stunning.
For holiday reading, I enjoyed The Historian, which is a modern gothic vampire novel. Ignore that unpromising premise, and read it anyway. Really gripping, and intelligent enough to play around with the genre.
Another one in the same vein is The Painter, by William Davenport. It's a kind of revisionist version of how Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" came to be written.
Also: Ghostwritten, The Catastrophist, and anything by George Eliot.
Weirdly, I read The Historian in Amalfi earlier this year. Sensationally beautiful place. Mountains tumble in an azure see, with the occasional village clinging precariously to the cliffs and a nightmare road snaking between them.
I've vowed never to drive in Italy again.
There's a restaurant callde Don Alfonso at the end of the pensinslar, near Sorrento, which does the best food in the best place with the best service (at the highest price, sadly) that i've ever had. A friend recommended it so we booked it. He forgot to mention the 3 Michelin stars, but even though I'm still paying my credit card bill I don't regret going. Wonderful.
The wizards guide me when boiling eggs.
I put them on to boil and then go and do something else. The wizards tell me when they are ready.
The finished result is perfection, the yolk is hard but not at all grey.
Every single time.
Love the show, love the blog.
Halle-bloody-ujah!!! Ah it's soooooooo good
to know that there are other like-minders out there.
Really been feeling the wizards this year and was putting it down to the effects of the 'lunar standstill'.
I just 'LOVE IT' Chris. Some people call it go with the flow, I like to think that it's being flexible and open to opportunities.
From one number 3 to another xx
Hey Kathryn,
You go girl, what are you waiting for... a cute guy with a Porche?????
Agree with you on the "what will be will be" types though. Sometimes you just want to shake them and tell them to wake up and smell the coffee!!!!
Not good to go through life at 100mph though. Did that and got the t shirt...not good.
Have a great one.
Melanie C
Hi I'm sorry to do this and you really don't need to make it public but I need to rant!
A certain popular film rental outlet, charged me twice for the one transaction. This will mean that my account will now go into overdraft (I run on a tight budget) and have to pay charges. So I phone them up to see if they can re credit my account.
I was told I'd have to produce a bank statement, which I don鈥檛 get as I am trying not to use too much paper, so a trip to the bank 4 miles. Then up to the film shop 12 mile round trip. When I suggested that this was unreasonable as it was their mistake not mine, the assistant laughed at me! No wonder I need to rant! Thanks I feel better already.
Some things do indeed seem planned rather than coincidence, I read a book called The Prophecy as a kid, think I may need to read it again.
Love you Chris
Ruth
xx
On the Katie thing - I'm actually a Catherine (only ever used now by mum and dad) and in the 'real world' am Cath or Cathy, I've been called Katie by one family since I was young and I only ever use it for online things .... strange that now I come to think of it!
BigUn - your jokes have never offended me, the one with the warming of hands etc had me snorting laughing ...... might it have been one word in the joke that was objected to by the moderators?
Nicki #78 - I was wondering much the same re Chris's sofa, what if he finds in the future that his friends aren't really there for him when they go round and that they're really there for a good nights sleep on the sofa. They'll be requesting nights in in front of the telly next and then shooing him off to bed at 8.30 so that they can get at least 10 hours on there ........ Chris be warned!!
Keep smiling one & all
Katie
x
Ron (female) #35
On a daily basis me laddo Evan's astonishes me but today you have too. Your comments have completely whizzed me!! Every single thing you wrote ..... I was struggling with the wizards until I got to your message and it all fell into place - brain cell woke up and fog lifted. My wizard(s) is my guardian angel who I thank every day too. Then I remembered all the coincidences - loads of them. Like you I have had a funeral to attend this week, sadly no laughter inducing email BUT the "Sexy" pink coffin my friend chose for herself certainly raised a smile - she was certainly a wizard and now possibly a guardian angel too? She'll be causing mayhem wherever she is - possibly with my husband as they rioted together down here when we all got together. Ditto the family, mine are large/noisy/loving and very loyal so as you said life is good. I'm so glad you blogged today. I'm cringing about sending this but as the blog is about coincidences etc how can I not? Take care. MW
Good morning from Vancouver, Canada and good evening to you in Blighty,
I was fortunate enough to gain a PhD in Philosophy and am currently enjoying a research and writing career (I am still just 32 so not old enough to be rendered insane...yet). In all my years of arduous research, philosophical musings and so-called intellectual conversations with academics and the like, I always considered that, though there is a place for archetypal philosophy and academic pursuits, real life experience and subsequent reflection is the key to understanding and embracing any such philosophical ideology.
It may seem trite to the cynical majority but this blog, including and oft inspired by the offerings of Mr Evans, clearly and definitively vindicates my point.
Thank you one and all. This is a forum imbued with dry humour, defined by deep thought, principled procrastination, witty banter, honest divulgences, sincere camaraderie, surreal threads and everything inbetween.
Good day
Dr T
So about coincidences...
Last Thursday my lovely mum took me to have my wisdom teeth out. She had packed a whole bag of magazines and her book to entertain her while she waited but had accidentally left them at home.
Just before I was taken to the 'chair' I said to her 'would you like to read my book while you wait?' She said 'what is it?' Wouldn't you know it, it was the same book she had put out to bring and we were both on pretty much the same page.
Hey folks!
I consult with wizards and fairies when I cook. I can just intuit proportion, amounts, herbs & spices, etc...and it always turns out great. I am always asked for my recipes...but I hesitate to write them down as if penning a recipe and confining it paper will take the "magic" out of it.
More to the point, I think I reside in the second kind of person with an aptitude for the third. I made significant changes in my life 2 years ago: I left a safe predictable place in my life to go on an adventure. I am still on that adventure and I have to say it is scary-wonderful. With the predictability gone, I have to rely on self and MAKE things happen. Make my opportunities, etc.
Have a great day!
Amanda
Lynn #80
Impressive! There is a good book you should read but can i remember the name - answer no. I will find out and let you know! Also if you want some instructions for making a dream catcher to show kids - dead easy - let me know! I bought some beautiful cards dolphin and mermaid lovely. However so in touch and happy with myself havent anything to ask them but good for getting my friends on track when they need a little help.
Emma - Lol means Laughing out loud, lmao laughing my a*s off.
cya folks x
Reading blog was worried about the meatballs!!! Hope you turned the gas off when you went out for the pasta!!! Will be extra tasty tonight if you did, I am sure. Have you made enough for an extra guest? You always seem to find one.
Love to you
Chris
Parsnip - #82. Can't agree with you on Human Traces - thought it was a bit aimless and wandering. However, loved On Green Dolphin Street and also Ghostwritten.
How about Jerusalem for the track after Billy Bragg - saw him last night at Ilkley Festival.
chin chin
xx
Thank you for your generous words, Gaby (#71) In turn, your response inspired many a grin to grace my countenance this fine morning.
I am happy to report that I did indeed enjoy a 'preprandial libation', specifically three pints of Guinness. Such was the ambience in my local pub last eve that I remained to consume a piquant pasta dish and a post-prandial potation in the form of Oban single malt. I then proceeded into the Vancouver night and searched for the Andrew Marr book. Alas, my expedition was fruitless so I have ordered it online this very morning.
Still awaiting your 'more light hearted' suggestion though your blog offerings will certainly suffice until such a time that you furnish me with the new title.
Interestingly, my father went to school in Bridgend, Wales with the locker room guest, JPR Williams. Splendid.
Good day one and all.
Dr T
DEAR CHRIS
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN ON A LONG HOLIDAY BUT NO JUST NOT BEEN NEAR THE BLOGG AS NOT ABLE TO ACCESS A COMPUTER APART FROM WORK, SO UNFORTUNATLEY I HAVEN'T TIME TO READ WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN UP TO AND WHAT YOU CHRIS HAVE BEEN UP TO - NO DOUBT LOOKING FOR A LADY!!
I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE RADIO SHOW SO AT LEAST HAVE THAT TO LISTEN TOO.
BUT HAVE MISSED YOU CHRIS - YOUR GOINGS ON!
HOPE YOU HAVE NOT YET GOT A BIRD - I LIVE IN HOPE THAT IT COULD BE ME IN MY DREAMS!!!
NOTHING EXCITING HAPPENING AT MOMENT -
REALLY TIRED AND AM HIBERNATING AT THE MOMENT!
THE WEATHER CHANGING GETTING DARKER - WISH IT WAS SUMMER WITH LIGHT DAYS.
GOING NOW AS NEED TO CATCH THE SHOW IN THE CAR ON WAY HOME.
WILL TRY TO READ YOUR BLOGG TOMORROW
LOVE JUXXXXXXXXX
Blimey, there are two Katie's and now there are two Kathryn's.
Hope that the other one's wisdom teeth weren't too painful - I steal all my Mum's books, saves me vast amounts of cash,
Kathryn (formerly Katie but never a Kathy and a "bashryn" to adored nephews) x
A big Yippee for Jenner #38 on her first positive thought.... see it coes to us all if we really want it to.
Lynda
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Afternoon chris and one and all!
This show has it all now. My life is immesurably better as a result of Chris's amazing effervescent energy. Now enter Chris the zen blog master!
Ommm, sumo
Hi Chris
What are you up to on Saturday night? If you are around the Romford area why don't you call in at Romford Golf Club in the evening. We are having a party to celebrate the Captains Change Over and my husband Dave and his mates are playing in the band (all golf club members) and various members are doing a turn. It is a really great night and I would love to have you as my guest. Pop in and mention his name, and ask for me as he will be busy having swapped his golf club for a guitar.
All the best
Chris
Hi Chris and All
That's the best blog ever can it get any better ?
Love xx
Not been here for a while but here goes.
I believe everything in life happens for a reason - I am not always sure exactly what the reason is though???
Like, why have I decided to blog today & not yesterday or the day before? Must be fate.
i strive for wizadry - sometimes I remember, sometimes I forget. But i am aware i forget to trust those coincidences, which i think makes it easier when you have forgotten them.... if you get my meaning.
If i was having a bad day i would think, gosh christophe, you have such a fabulous, spontaneous life, how i wish i could live like that. When i am having a good day i realise that i dont have what you have, but nor does anyone else have what i have and we are all taking different routes - however closely our paths may be at times, i dont want to be on anyone elses but mine.
xx
PS but am i allowed to read heat along the way!? I know it is full of rubbish but sometimes thats about all my tiny, post baby/work/husband brain can take!
How can we not ask Chris? Anyway, as long as you're enjoying life, what the heck? At least you're getting home!!!
he he i have a hubby that goes to the shop for milk and comes back an hour later with a new car, and i have been known to come back 2 days later drinking baileys(?) in the cab at two in the afternoon
lovin ya'll
Elge
www.thunderonline.com
LOVIN THE ROCK TUNES
Just remembered something that happened to me a few years ago.
I went to the cinema, cant remember what to see, doesnt matter though. At the time i had a lot on my plate, mostly work as i was developing my own career and had just got married, got pregnant much quicker than i expected, we were thinking about moving and so on.....
I sat next to someone in the cinema. He had a gentle aura about him and we got chatting about nothing in particular. At the end of the conversation he told me a story about a frog... or something. I cant remember the actual story, but i remember the moral.
The man looked me dead in the eye, got hold of my hand and said Never, Ever, Ever give up. Ever. He got up to go to the loo..... and never came back.
I looked for him after the film finished, the cinema wasnt very full. I couldnt find him.
Who ever he was, i would like to take the opportunity to thank him now. Thank you.
I wont. (ever ever ever give up!)
I'm only writing as this is the first time I've ever bothered to read all the stuff on the Blog and what a coincidence the last person to write was called Anna too. Ohh spooky.
My book recommendation is called 'A Message From The Master'. No idea who its by, but it tells you how to get what you really want, be it money, love, companionship, etc etc In fact if anyone has a copy would love to know.
Evidently 'Lord of the Rings' is quite good too.
Just watched Jamie on the internet tv broadcast he was awesome ...pasta dish to die for and so simple ...i think he is trying to rival thirsty thirsday be wary Mr E ...he realy is trying to educate young ones to eat good stuff . and he worked his socks off live well done Mr O and thanks to Chris for telling us about it ..
Hi Chris
Ahhh, you are finally opening that door to the many wonders of the world that most of us never see.
Noel Edmonds until a year or two ago, totally dismissed these open minded options. However recently he decided to try "cosmic ordering" - where one pictures his/her own future reality, and in this he pictured a new TV game show of which he was host, a book and a new house. He has achived ALL THREE. So may Arthur C Clarke was right when he said "the universe isn't only stranger than we imagine, but stranger than we CAN imagine"!
By the way - i'd get a bigger couch if I were you!
Ross Hemsworth
Reading your blog got me thinking, how can to tell a visual joke through a blog?
Take this one:
"An albatross's wingspan when flying into the sun is half that of one flying away from the sun"
To which your listener ponders the statement, trying to think of some scientific explanation.
You then perform an exaggerated wing flapping motion with your left arm, whilst holding your right hand over your eyes, as if you were shielding them from the sun...
Do you get it? Do you see it?!
no. 92 Emma Just 39.
Thank you, dreamcatchers sound mighty fine. We're making wands and wizard hats too in the workshops. So, all advice gratefully received.
Hi Chris,
God I love your blog. I work from home and have a three year old, so tend to work into the wee small hours and your message always cheers me up!
Am feeling a bit sick of my job, don't get me wrong it is a great job, well paid, interesting but am bored after doing it for eight years.
You are so right that we have to listen to ourselves and the world around us. We are only on the earth once (well in this body at least), so lets all make the most it, be kind, respect others and enjoy the miracle of life!!
OMG! I am now serial blogger......
Was driving home thinking tonight, when I am really happy I drive along and laugh out loud, I scream - at the top of my voice and I sing as loud as I can. People look into my car when I am driving slowly (of course) through little villages on my way home - and they think I am a little mad. They are wrong. I am stark raving bonkers. And when I am sad? I do the same, only louder!!! What do you do - Chris and other bloggers????
The Bean x
Absolutely great show tonight - made my journey home from Daventry to Bury fly by - I could almost taste the pheasant on egg fried rice - mmm -delicious!!!! too much detail about hanging the bird though!
Early nite 2nite then????? Me too
TTFN xx
Hi Chris, my first visit to the blog (bit late for todays, but what the hell) as have only recently received the wonders of broadband. Great show by the way! Glad to hear you've found your wizards, not quite there myself, but have always relied on my feelings to guide me, have to say that I thought you had been lost to the demons forever...good to have you back! Don't know that it's appropriate, but my ex-boss seemed to sell his soul and I wrote this poem because it was the only way I could express my feelings at the time...shame he was a nice chap. Hope you like it
STARTER FOR 7
We鈥檝e all had that feeling, somehow we deserve more
Surely destined for greatness, we feel to the core
Blindly searching for answers, we seek solace in wealth
When the real prize awaiting, is鈥︹︹︹︹ife itself
The rich take life鈥檚 wrapper, all shiny and bright
And for what little鈥檚 left, we still have to fight
So inspired we follow, for the dream we still seek
With no comprehension of the damage we鈥檒l wreak
Respect for the one鈥檚, with their balls on the line
But the line that they tread, is ever so fine
Share the glory of work, as seen through their eyes
And believe that your efforts, will realise the prize
A million dreams of a million, spends hours of time
A fantasy reality, away from the crime
Though ambition drives you, you鈥檙e ever so keen
Look in your mirror, so you know where you鈥檝e been
But the poison contagious, once tasted so sweet
A chance to be something, away from the street
From a person with balls, a dream and a seed
A taste for the drug, leads only to greed
Just one of the seven, but the others will fall
Like circling vultures, they answer the call
Then from nice guy who made it, the change comes so quick
As the poison envelopes, never missing a trick
Friends become numbers, faces a blur
Once invited for drinks, now a cost they incur
No room for error or the needy have you
So no star shall shine over, to enlighten your view
Feeling trapped in the system, afraid of the fall
Working hard to please everyone, with no purpose at all
No social benefits, from the fruits of your labour
You spend all your time, keeping up with the neighbours
But there can be only one, the winner takes all
And it鈥檚 clear that your efforts, just fulfilled their call
Then once a cynic, you鈥檙e forever paranoid
Debating every decision, that with your mind they have toyed
You long for the pleasures, of a simple life
Dependent only on Mother Earth, for your kids and your wife
A commitment too far? In a world driven by wealth
But you feel pushed to extremes and think of your health
Holding on to their assets, as though it鈥檚 a limb
A slave to their own system, entangled within
Where justice and goodwill, count for nothing at all
Just 鈥榮how me the money鈥, the disciples call
Friendship and integrity, a thing of the past?
But for those friends among us, we hope it will last
To have read and enjoyed, you wish for life to be free
But take exception then sue me, of course鈥..no win, no fee
Where will it end, can there be no relief
When all we have left, is our self belief
But to discover that, you鈥檙e not alone anymore
Fills you with hope and warmth to the core
So weigh down your pockets, with the salt of the earth
And take time to pay homage, to the place of your birth
As our Mother weeps gently, for the battles she鈥檚 lost
Should she lose the war, will it be at what cost?
Hi Chris and fellow bloggers
Do you ever read these late blogs? I hope so - yours was so spot on today I just had to reply before you post a new one! I have just had such a magical day. I wished for some money last night to be able for me to continue to do what I love doing - alternative medicine - and an 80 year old relative rang up to say she loves my remedies so much she'd like to offer me a loan! Phew! Also to enable me to continue doing what I love doing I applied for a part-time job which will give me a regular income and I have received an invitation for interview! Hurray! It is amazing how the universe gives you things when you ask for them! So far this week I have cleared up toothache, piles and a bit of gout! It makes me feel so good.
Before you go to bed Chris take some homeopathic Nux Vomica - it clears your liver and makes you wake up sans hangover! Please try it if you can. Anyway bye for now - can't wait for tomorrow's show. I used to tape your GLR shows and bring them back to Yorkshire! x
Phew! Just finished reading all the blogs for today. My eyes sting and the wizards are saying go to bed! Perhaps thats a sign I need to get my eyes tested?
Seriously, I can't believe there are so many good people in the world when it is run and ruled by such idiots. Why are there not such 'in touch' people in power? Is it because to be in touch you have to be open and honest?
It's good to know you are all out there and we are all making contact through this blog. Bloggers unite!
Some of the book suggestions are great too, but by the time I read this lot, there's no time for books. I suspect I can learn a fair bit from you lot anyway. You all seem to be intelligent, caring and groovy people indeed.
Love and Peas x x x
p.s. Do the sausage pasta thing by adding white wine, some chopped chillies, stir in cream and fresh basil at the end. I had my fave dinner tonight: Put salmon fillets in an ovenproof dish, add 1 tblsp soy sauce for each fillet, 1 tbsp water for each fillet, and half clove of garlic for each. (you can add ginger/chilli/spring onions etc if you like) Cover and put in oven on 180 for 20 mins. Nice with salad and new spuds dripping with butter! Mop up juices with crusty bread. It's really really quick and easy and really really tasty. (if you like salmon) x I'm hungry again now!
I like the pixies idea from scuba smurfette this morning. I can't believe so many people blog!!! You're so full of wisdom Chris. I've just started a new job as a teacher...I don't get working 9-5...and I feel stuck in that box xxxxxxxxxx
Last time I drank and blogged - U said don't drink and blog. So when do I listen - occasionally! Maybe. But, now you're talking wizzards- I should listen.
So, I've no idea what I'm about to do or say - so I shall just go to sleep! Probably for the best.
Good night! to whoever.
Thanks Helen Melon... Will try your reco recipe tomozz.
Goodnight!
zzzzzzzzzzzz
Here we go again....
Shakespeare - I saw it, I got it and it made me laugh!
Good night one & all
Katie_O
x
yes you are definetly on the same wave length as moi. we are a stepbeyond the first stage. but what the hell are you on because i really try to be as UP as you but i have a some dificulty with normal day to day goings on.loved your bit on the ukalaly (banjo) think i will try myself!x
What happened to the meatballs?
WOW!!!!! I dont even know what to say!!! Over the last month or so I have been listening to radio 2 and have heard all about cosmic ordering (got the book) and now this blog Chris!!!
I am doing my very best to get to the third stage.....I am at a crossroads in my life and now I know I can order whatever I want, I am trying to figure out what I actually do want. Like they say, be careful what you wish for.
Anyway, I could possibly be the last post - cos I am off to sleepyland now.
All you bloggers on here are the best. It feels like family. I am keeping a list of all the books that have been recommended for my Xmas list, so thank you all.
Here is to Fabulous Friday and I will be 'listening and feeling' from now on with renewed enthusiasm
Take care all, and have a great weekend
You are the best Chris........
Joannie xxxxxxx
Hi all,
Just a quick not to say a big bloggers thank you for all of the thoughts passed on this blog to me. You do not know how much it all means to me :-)
Today could be a very long day but hey it is only one more or one less which ever way you look at it :-)
Here is a little topical (for me anyway) joke :-)
A doctor says to his patient, 'I have bad news and worse news'.
'Oh dear, what's the bad news?' asks the patient.
The doctor replies, 'You only have 24 hours to live'.
'That's terrible', said the patient. 'How can the news possibly be worse?'
The doctor replies, 'I've been trying to contact you since yesterday'.
Happy Friday one and all
Keep smiling :-))
Keith
x
Morning Chris & Boggers
A very happy Friday to you all!
I have a new lodger... he didn't sleep on my couch (I have a spare room) and it's not for the best of reasons as he's had a break up with his wife. Much as I'd like all to be well for them I'm now much happier with the idea that my wizarsa are just helping him to be able to make his decisions with the space he needs.
Got a feeling tonight could be a big one though, mates from days when I used to have a pub are always prone to wanting to re-enact the "old days" and on the basis that Fridays were the most alcohol fuelled I'm going to purchase a crate of San Pellegrino for consumption before I go to bed and when I get up tomorrow....
Lynda
-x-
That sounds like a fabulous way to live your life.
wow chris,lovely wizard story and your so right about it being hard work sometimes.boy is it one of those times,i was so desporate for it to be second nature and aware that doesnt help,i think may be i'm settling down again and feel so filled with joie de vive at times but can live with myself when i'm not.being aware is quite a skill that we have to practice because we lost the skill somewhere along the way.is it what they call being enlightened??many people find there way there as a result of being very down,may be some are always closer to listening to our wizards?i'm so glad i wasnt imagening this understanding and the fact that we all very different but we 'get it' thanks for the story tellers name will go read ...we all need help and reading little tales like that work for me.thanks chris your a twinkling star. mxx
Chris,
On a totally unrelated matter, is it just me but isn't that Water Boys song -'The other side of the moon' - the most over rated song of all time?
DJs love playing it but I don't see it all...am I in the minority on this one?
Love
Andrew B
Great Chris
I totally agree and hope that I am somewhere between number two and three.
I have to say that I don't really like people who are number ones as I find them very boring and they usually don't like talking about life enough, I find !
Have a good weekend everyone :)
would you be so kind as to send the instructions for making the 'Dream Catcher' as I would like to have the kids make one in our art lesson.
Eternaly gratefull
Marty.