A Magic Carpet Ride

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Where would you go on a magic carpet ride?

There was a fantastic podcast on the World Service that I listened to this afternoon which made me wonder about this. My instantaneous thought was that I would go to North Wales with my son to see my parents. But what would I want a carpet ride to be like? I'd like it to be smooth, and without me having to worry about being in charge and driving/flying it properly, otherwise I may as well get a car. I don't think I want it to be completely instantaneous, like teleporting, as I quite relish the opportunity on trains, of being able to switch off for a while (though unfortunately not so much now as looking after a small person requires some degree of awakeness!). But it would get rid of the annoyances of train travel: having to be there at a certain time, crossing London, making connections, and getting to my destination at the other end. In an ideal (to me!) world, I think I'd learn to fly a plane, so that I could walk to my local airport, and be anywhere in the UK within an hour or so (excluding pre-flight checks etc.). I could go up to Scotland and see all my friends far more regularly. But this would again throw up the problem of reaching my final destination from the airport I've landed at. I suppose that if I was rich enough to be able to fly a plane, I wouldn't have qualms about getting a taxi. And if I were continually jet-setting, I'd not be putting the amount of effort that I'd like to into my local community/church etc.
In order for this to happen of course, I'd have to divorce the tree-hugging green part of myself, so that I could live with/ignore the environmental cost of flying. I wonder what the environmental impact of a flying carpet is...
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Autumn Musings

After a rather long hiatus, I'm back. (Did you even notice I was gone?!)
It's all change in the W-F household, with first steps at nursery for W-F minor. This means I have space for a few hours, which I'm hopefully going to use to sleep, think, write sermons, get Christmas presents made (yes, I know it's horribly early, but I'm a slow seamstress!), cook and bake.
My dilemma over the past few months has resulted from trying to take on board the whole gamut of advice, admonition and general nagging which seems to come from everyone about what constitutes a healthy diet. This partly stems from trying to feed 3 people - two adults, one of whom needs to lose weight and the other put it on, and one child - a healthy diet. All three of us need different amounts of each vitamin, mineral, basic food group and all the appropriate nutrients. But nowhere can I find a suggestion of what a week's worth of perfectly balanced eating would look like, let alone a day's worth! I realise that any suggestion would need modifying, but it would be great to have something which ensures that all the basic RDA's are included. With all the whinging, nagging and finger-wagging which goes on, why has someone not come up with just one set of meals?!
Looks like I'll have to sit down and come up with it myself - watch this space!
Good things from today: W-FDH (dear husband!) having the day off, and seeing W-F minor's Godmother for tea :o)