lobster @Lobster@qoto.org

Dear Friends of Superbum,

Yesterday came across several of these #London #superhero Excelsum #Superbum #street #trees.

They are in #black #berry at the #moment, #variegated and will have #fragrant white #flowers. I identified them as #privet but never #remember seeing them as young trees.

Lovely jubbly!

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Dear Friends of libraries,
My #favourite #London #libraries are:
- The #Poetry library, South-bank
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library
- https://www.tate.org.uk/art/tate-library
- #Reference libraries
- https://jamyang.co.uk/the-library
We have so many ... my #local library is pretty cool ...

Which are your favourites?

Dear #British Friends,

It was a bit #stormy in #London yesterday. I used to the time to make make porridge for later and make a #flask of #herbal turmeric and #clove tea. Luckily we have an #evergreen bay #tree and #holly tree protecting us. I should go check that our #deciduous tree did not collapse …

Dear Friends of #Darkness (my #olde Friend),
There I was after #meditation and a quick #instant coffee, going for a #walk in the #dark. However I live in the former '#Brighter Borough' of #London. Our side #street #LCD street #lighting is 30% #brighter than the rest of London. So it shines.

I managed to #head into the darker #parts of #Tooting #Common, where the #path lights are non existent. We have a bit of #moonshine for the #ducks to quack at. I #adjusted to the darkness by #staring into the darkest parts I could #find [#lobster top tip for #developing cats #eyes]

It was wet and #muddy. Glad to report no #miracles happened. #Synchronicity always #attracts #atheist foxes, homeless #ravens and #mindful #mystics on a #vision #quest ...

Dear Friends of #Midnight Mess,

I have just been watching a morning mass at #Trinity Crutch ... eh sorry #Church, #Tooting. Sadly no sound. Probably because I am not on #Facebook (the well known datamining facilitation).

I will try and go to Church today. #St Nicks are offering #mulled #wine and no #collections. All #Saints which have the best #acoustics in #London are offering a #candle lit midnight #mass.

I may just go full #Pagan and renew my #Buddhist precepts for good measure or visit a #mosque or #Temple ...

We continue burning #frankincense.

Anyway below is a Buddhist point of order from the well know SGI Nichiren Sect

"Bridges towards an indestructible peace for humankind can only be built by fostering people and by forging strong ties between them, their hearts and minds. And that process is, by its very nature, a gradual, grassroots effort. We cannot expect quick results. We must be committed to it for the long term." Daisaku Ikeda:

Dear Friends of #Tax payers and slayers,

#Yesterday due to my #conscientious #nurture this happened:

1. Tried to pay my local #council tax and #Mayor tax (a new one on me - did not know of this #London Mayor stealth tax)
2. Could not!

After a whole day of #effort, #redirects, setting up an #account with the council. Filling out forms again and again. Involving my sibling, using whatsapp AND #secure email. #Messaging, frustration, #reading their #letter/#documentation which has gone straight to a 'court liability #summons', after my sibling had previously contacted them by phone and made every effort to pay the tax etc.

Shameful. Absolutely #ridiculous.

It is enough to turn one into an #Anarchist or Political Activist.

Any #advice #welcome?

Tommorow as a special holidays treat, I will be:
Well #undecided for now. Any advice?

Dear Friends of #Apache, 😍

Yesterday, I tried ... and drove myself to the far edge of #insanity. Tried installing the #Apache #server on ye olde #Rpi3. Well OK I did #succeed up to a point. The point being where I had to actually #change the default #welcome screen to my own index.html.

I can provide a long list of lobsterian swearing words for those interested ...
Something to do with #permissions, which is simple enough but clearly not for me.

Today I may have to try again. First must gather my calm ...

I have been for a #walk in the #dark and managed to startle an urban fox hiding behind a tree. Heard the #morning #chorus. Saw a #lovely #Christmas #present, hessian-bag which I won't be buying from Morleys Dept store. It had the #embroidered legend:
#LONDON
#NEW YORK
#Tooting

Brekkie of fruit porridge done. I am ready to face the Apache.

Dear Friends of #Sound of sorts,

My latest #podcast is basically white #noise and #chanting #modified so it is barely #recognizable. It is #really for me to #block out noise created by #living in #London with #planes and #helicopters, #building work, #aliens #abducting #residents ... oh wait that is not available yet. Anyway if you put it on ye old #headphones and play on a #loop, everything will at least #sound #safe ...

https://audio.com/lobster/audio/chantloop

What #AmazingThingstoday. Went to #RichmondPark in #London and saw amongst other wonders: #HiddenDeer #StPauls and #WindsorCastle from one place.