Stephen Lumb
@stevevdv.bsky.social
I live in a village, Upper Sheringham in North Norfolk UK, with my husband. We are craft makers and run a business together. I love art, writing, poetry, history, architecture, ruins, reading and brisk walks in nature. To give a whiff of my perfume.
Finally, I reached the end of this compendious volume. Even a much lauded poet, like Merwin, was variable in the quality of his output. From the good, to the slight, to the brilliant.
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FINISHED READING - W.S.Merwin - Migration
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Finally, I reached the end of this compendious volume. Even a much lauded poet, like Merwin, was variable in the quality of his output. From the good, to the slight, to the brilliant.
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A great set of lectures that neatly encapsulate the civilisational state we are in,and what needs to happen in order to prevent the immoral world views of techno - fascism completely taking over.
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FAVE RAVE - Rutger Bregman - The 2025 Reith Lectures
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December 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great set of lectures that neatly encapsulate the civilisational state we are in,and what needs to happen in order to prevent the immoral world views of techno - fascism completely taking over.
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In which Russel Tovey takes his shirt off in the service of mankind.
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WATCHED - The War Between The Land And The Sea
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December 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
In which Russel Tovey takes his shirt off in the service of mankind.
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My current list of most favoured places to commune with the gods and goddesses of coffee and cake.
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FAVE RAVES OF 2025 - Places We Go To Eat Cake
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December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My current list of most favoured places to commune with the gods and goddesses of coffee and cake.
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Whilst the mindset that we are all doomed might appear all pervading, it's worthwhile just stopping to be grateful for what you have, because then you'll know what to fight for.
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WORDS WRITTEN AT THE POINT OF GRATITUDE - Reflections on 2025
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December 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Whilst the mindset that we are all doomed might appear all pervading, it's worthwhile just stopping to be grateful for what you have, because then you'll know what to fight for.
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FAVE RAVES OF 2025 - Novels, Non-Fiction & Music
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December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
An update on the current stare of play over the 1950's Vintage Bus Shelter.
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SHERINGHAM DIARY NO 135 - Deliberately Choosing The Nuclear Fallout Option
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December 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
An update on the current stare of play over the 1950's Vintage Bus Shelter.
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Do you ever get the feeling as Christmas and New year loom closer. That you need to cast aside the dross you are reading, and holding onto. Far too reverently.
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UNFINISHED READING - The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware
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December 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Do you ever get the feeling as Christmas and New year loom closer. That you need to cast aside the dross you are reading, and holding onto. Far too reverently.
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I was hoping for a bit more from this than it delivered. As it is, this feels quite dated, even though it's only eight years since it was published.
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FINISHED READING - Zombies in Western Culture by Vervaeke, Mastropietro & Miscevic
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December 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I was hoping for a bit more from this than it delivered. As it is, this feels quite dated, even though it's only eight years since it was published.
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Dreams about returning are I find instructive. Pointing out that we never can regain what has been lost.
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MY OWN WALKING - December Journal 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Dreams about returning are I find instructive. Pointing out that we never can regain what has been lost.
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A clever classy piece of writing, that has you considering how whoever writes a memoir gets to decide what and how people are remembered.
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FINISHED READING - Trust by Hernan Diaz
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December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A clever classy piece of writing, that has you considering how whoever writes a memoir gets to decide what and how people are remembered.
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A short article about the origins of advent rituals and how it's remarkably straightforward to de-Christianise them.
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ARTICLE - Advent For Non-Theists
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December 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A short article about the origins of advent rituals and how it's remarkably straightforward to de-Christianise them.
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A new diary entry, about a little local difficulty, and how the council has already lost the argument.
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SHERINGHAM DIARY No 134 - The Mournful Embrace Of Change
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December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A new diary entry, about a little local difficulty, and how the council has already lost the argument.
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My current book pile has some height as well as heft at the moment. Need to get into some concentrated periods of reading.
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RISING UP MY BOOK PILE - December 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My current book pile has some height as well as heft at the moment. Need to get into some concentrated periods of reading.
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Found this Rosalia video from a few years back, singing a classic flamenco song from the 1980's. This is FAB.
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FEATURE - Me Quedo Contigo by Rosalia
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December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Found this Rosalia video from a few years back, singing a classic flamenco song from the 1980's. This is FAB.
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It's been a time of health checkups, so I have been pondering on how I maintain my engagement with the improving of it.
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SHERINGHAM DIARY No 133 - Undertones Of Mission Creep & Health Tyranny
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December 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It's been a time of health checkups, so I have been pondering on how I maintain my engagement with the improving of it.
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A short extract from my journal today, on feeling embattled in a war with oneself.
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RANDOM SNIPPETS - No 4 - Battling With Oneself
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November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
A short extract from my journal today, on feeling embattled in a war with oneself.
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A lovely little book, that captures all the straightforward enjoyment and emotional complexity that can inhabit our friendships.
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FINISHED READING - On Friendship by Andrew O'Hagan
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November 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A lovely little book, that captures all the straightforward enjoyment and emotional complexity that can inhabit our friendships.
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A very well written book explaining quite simply and clearly how we got into the divisive mess we are in, and the way to start turning this around.
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FINISHED READING - Fractured by Jon Yates
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November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A very well written book explaining quite simply and clearly how we got into the divisive mess we are in, and the way to start turning this around.
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