Friction

 Friction at the Meeting House. But I'm not going into details.

When you have an active membership/attendance of 20+ it may be inevitable that factions will form. I believe I've see studies in human behaviour that demonstrate this to be the case... 

On a related tack: the characteristics that annoy us in other people are the characteristics we possess ourselves but would like to pretend we don't. I was at loggerheads yesterday with someone who is stubborn and arrogant. Am I stubborn and arrogant? O, yes.  

And a bit of an elitist? That too, but I try very hard to keep it hidden.

Also I seem to be allergic to entitled, opinionated, powerful old ladies. Think Lady Catherine de Burgh. I'm not sure why, so it probably goes deeper than I'm happy to explore- but it could have something to do with my relationship with my mother....

Prime Location

 People use bank holiday weekends to clear out their houses and gardens- as was evident this morning from the very long line of cars queuing to access the recycling centre. I was on foot with my bag of gardening waste and so got in- without let or hindrance- through the pedestrian entrance. When we tell people we live just across from the recycling centre they congratulate us...