BFI Research

23/04/2017

very true.
after any trauma you can get over the worst of it, but years on still find the odd bit to address. each time it hurts less as you purge the pain if your healing is based on self knowledge and self care. sometimes they are tiny bits, sometimes you've even formed an apparent pearl around them, but always you're better off processing it eventually than not.

You're only done learning and growing when the lifetime ends..

Be patient.

09/02/2017

The Travelling Talesman

You were looking for a copy of Tritill, Litill and the birds (from either Ruth Manning Sanders' Ogres and Trolls book or Andrew Langs Crimson Fairy book.

Save you spending £20 or so on the copy of the book immediately here is the text of the story from one of those books to be starting with.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/cr/crfb21.htm

The Crimson Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang, [1903], full text etext at sacred-texts.com

23/05/2016

In response to:

Caution: if you live over near ********

If you or any of your children use the footpath that runs along side the *** Road at the end of **** Way there is an enormous wasps nest on the trees right next to the path. It has been reported to the council but apparently they don't deal with it! The wasps were behaving very angrily earlier.

Wasp update....... It's not wasps it's bees!!! It's not a nest it's a gathering!! They are getting ready to go off and find another nest!

29/04/2016

Don't know if there is anyone out there that knows but ...
Can you get red squirrels that are innoculated against the disease that greys carry? I was wondering if I could do my own bit of rewilding by buying innoculated reds, releasing them in our paddocks (and trees) and then feeding them with the special grey proof feeders you can get.
(initial comments suggested this is illegal - there was some debate)

16/03/2016

Someone in a Spotted.... facebook group complaining about a bus with lights dangerously constantly on and flickering sign lights making it hazardous to drive behind.

14/03/2016

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Pagan Planet. As someone who has been around pagan communities for a while I felt it was most like coming along to a moot. PP would be a moot populated by loads of different interesting pagans where there is a chance to wander table to table and chat with each one of them about what drives their passions; what they feel their paganism is about; how they see a specific aspect of paganism; or how their life reflects their paganism at that moment in time.

Nimue has done a lovely job of putting them in an order so the individual articles draw you in and paint a coherent picture (quite a challenge with such diverse approaches and articles), yet at the same time it’s clear it could also be read by dipping in here and there, picking it up and seeing where falls open for the thoughts for the day.

Ian Chandler sets the scene and explains how many of us are in some way or another trying to make our world better, others look at how we do it in big or small ways. There are campaigners, storytellers, teachers, there are explorations and reflections over their years of growth and maturation of individuals and the community.

There are people doing big things, and people doing small things, healers, thinkers, adventurers, following their all slightly varied paths where it takes them and showing how they make sure they fully engage with their lives and their drives, whether it be the planet or their family.

I would love to walk on the beaches with Simon helping turtles; Sindys lovely concise article on finding time could inspire anyone for new ways of working efficiently. As with any anthology some voices will speak to some more than others, for a beginner this can be a great guide, for the more seasoned pagan it’s helpful to be reminded of the breadth of the path we are on, especially if we find ourselves rerouting apparently, only in retrospect seeing how it makes sense.

Some articles are documentary like, some explain and define, others are far more personal and though they don’t appear to be telling you ordered facts they are in fact conveying a wonderful feel of the living of a pagan life and how unique it is for each individual, and yet how much common ground there is. All articles are short enough to be read when there isn’t much time, and yet every single one of them is complete in itself, even if some do leave you wanting to read more from that author.

I would happily recommend this book as a good read to anyone with any curiosity about paganism, any pagans who would like to be provoked to thought, or those looking to find a feeling of comfort by discovering where in the rich tapestry their personal path currently sits.

I should admit that I have a small article in there myself, so I have been aware for some time of the title, its been a real pleasure reading it and finding out all the different people i am sharing a book binding with.

http://www.moon-books.net/books/pagan-planet

27/01/2016

"Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns"

I've always wondered is that his clown or all clowns generally?

10/12/2015

Unsuccessfully searching for recipes for brussel sprouts chutney. Still haven't found any. Still unsure as to how so many sprout plants got into the garden I'm not even that keen on them...
Sprout recipes?

18/07/2015

I'm often hearing people complain about cold callers or spam texts

here's a place to report them and try to get something done about them.

it's also worth signing up to TPS.
yes you do have to inform some callers,
yes it takes effort on your part,
yes it can take a few weeks to kick in,
but once it is in place and you've told a few callers to take you off their database because you are TPS it really does work.

Yes when you give a company your number you have to make sure they don't share it on, and if they or others call on it you have to tell them to remove your details from their database and not call again (at which point they are legally obliged to do so).

Plagued by nuisance calls and texts? Report them using Which?'s free tool and they’ll get your complaint to the right regulator for you.

09/07/2015

QUESTION: Does anyone know how to handle withheld silent phone calls (possibly stalker who I've blocked on all other social media sites)?

24/03/2015

Recently helped someone who received very unpleasant anonymous mail via a foreign company track contact details for the company and get an apology and agreement to co-operate, so now the police can trace the original sender. I do like helping people out.

25/01/2015

QUESTION: Free internet security - best one? currently paying through the nose for Norton and if I can find a free alternative, I'll be forever your friend.