I did have to share this item - How to Handle Gaslighting
After my breakdown and the revelations that returned to me of the knife attack and the verbal attack all because I helped a young person my age escape from a situation that was frightening to her and...
View ArticleContinuing with the Pencombe project
I have discovered it is much easier to just refer to my mother's surname book as the Pencombe project. That way I am not reciting a long list of other alternatives. She would be surprised that the...
View ArticleNew Coronation pictures and what a wonderful day it was
The new Coronation pictures are very nice to see. The picture of the King and his two heirs was particularly significant and a bit sad remembering it is only three years since the picture of the Queen...
View ArticleHard to believe we definitely need rain once again
Another beautiful Sunday and the trees are all in bloom now. The sky outside of my workroom window is becoming less visible with the leaves growing on the trees. It is always a beautiful sight the...
View ArticleThe choosing of Matthias
The Bible Reading today is the choosing of Matthias (there is actually more than one reading a day as I am sure is well known but this was the selected passage sent to me by the Canadian Bible...
View ArticleRain today in the forecast
It is meant to rain today and it is 13 degrees celsius - a somewhat typical May day amongst the sunny days. The trees are really coming alive now and I wonder if by the end of the summer the sky will...
View ArticleOne thing is for sure
I have to say that the Prime Minister and his Cabinet (because you can sense that the members of his cabinet are very serious about their individual profiles) have done a great job especially through...
View ArticleAnd another beautiful May Day
Minus 1 degrees celsius at 7:00 a.m. but a pleasant day promised although a mite cool but in the normal range for mid-May. Frost warnings generally continue into the end of May so will plant the...
View ArticleCaught up on the images from another researcher - almost finished
I did catch up on the images and in total there are 810 items that I have selected. I did not select Pink or any derivatives of that possibility as that is a standing surname still found in the UK....
View ArticleVisitation of Cornwall and Pencombe/Pincombe/Pinkham
The well know Cornwall Visitation of 1620 which includes references back to 1530 and 1573 does not contain Pencombe/Pincombe/Pinkham/Pyncombe. Mind you these are primarily land-holding individuals but...
View ArticleDevon Taxes 1581 - 1660
I consider the time well spent looking around the parishes but looking at the original would be better. However, I will not be doing that and will leave it for another keen researcher. It is not that...
View ArticlePencombe and Herefordshire
Searching through the Herefordshire Archives catalogue a couple of entries of interest:Monday before Saint Peter in Cathedra 8 Edward III [21 February 1334], 1334Reference number A63/I/1/5Date(s)...
View ArticleGood news - Inquisition Postmortem is available for John de Pencombe
Today in my inbox a note to say that I can order the Inquisition Postmortem for John de Pencombe from the 1300s as a scan; the record attached to the code is the correct one (nice that they do that...
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Rain beautiful rain
If there is one thing Canada really needs at the moment it is rain particularly in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia where fires are raging. Over 1M hectares have burned in Alberta since this...
View ArticleSocial Conservativism
As I become more and more like my self before the knife attack and verbal abuse that I suffered when I helped an individual escape a definitely uncomfortable situation that she found herself in, I look...
View ArticleFirst Golfing day of the season
We had a lovely afternoon of golfing yesterday - first of the season. Neither of us are avid golfers but for my daughter it is the memory of golfing with her father and for me I enjoy the exercise. I...
View ArticleGardening is moving along
Yesterday the main garden underwent regenerative gardening techniques and the onions and green beans were planted. Chicken wire fence was constructed around the main garden. Today we will plant...
View ArticleRex Murphy
Although I do find Rex Murphy''s comments very interesting I do not agree that public inquiries really solve problems - they simply cost a lot of money that could be used to better arm the military,...
View ArticleSunday and a fabulously beautiful day
What a beautiful day it is. The gardens all planted, the bedding plants all in and a fabulous week of weather ahead of us. Church on You-Tube this morning and the wonder of the internet continues to be...
View ArticleAnother stunning day in store
Absolutely beautiful at 6:00 a.m. Birds chirping happily and the trees coming closer and closer to full leaf. A beautiful spring day much appreciated by all the wildlife certainly at this early hour. I...
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