Firebreak.

 Thursday 16th October 2025.

Today I have been out ploughing again. I finished off the field I started yesterday. I have to admit to not being in a very good mood on account of recent troubles. To be honest I have come to wonder if something that causes so much grief actually defeats the object of doing this in the first place.

Before setting about my work I was up early this morning as I wanted to analyse the information I received yesterday with regard to the anonymous message sent to a friend that I mentioned. At the time I felt sure that it was not sent by someone I knew. However after going through some of the more obvious names and still not coming up with anything I spotted someone who I never considered and even at first glance there were things that stood out. So I decided to do a full in depth comparison of writing styles working through all six categories in true Miss Oliver fashion. I feel sure that reading my conclusion she would have been pleased. There were a number of consistent similarities in both tone and structure. I actually came out with a score of 90 to 100 percent but I could find absolute proof that they were the same person so it's best to deduct at least 5%. Even if I was really generous and said 85 to 95% that is still high enough to make me sure I have the right person.

The other surprise that came out of this analyse is that I was part the problem to some extent. I seem to have somehow painted this picture of myself and current lifestyle that some people want to not just be a part of and grateful that I share, but to demand as their own. Which is fine, I enjoy sharing my good fortune, but not when it's demanded of me, without what seems to me to be any regard to what I need to do for myself.

So what do I do about this. I feel like just quitting altogether, but I also feel a responsibility to my loyal, trouble free readers. So I won't just stop as that would be unfair. However I also have to think about the effect my writing is having on certain individuals. To write a message like that to whom they wrote it tells me that I need to do something to dowse the flames rather than fan them with more of the same.

So in view of all of the above I am going to create a fire break effect. It will give people who write stupid massages time to ponder their actions. Hopefully it will become more about what they have rather than what they want. It will give me time to evaluate, not so much my writing style, but my style of interaction with my audience. I'm clearly provoking jealousy among people, so I need to look in to how that comes about and stop it. It's not at all what I want. For all those well behaved readers who feel this is unfair to them I promise you won't miss a thing in return for a bit of patience. Being decent people I'm sure you can understand that I can't allow this situation with the nasty messages to carry on or you may be the next one to be receiving one. I'm going to leave my diary in public mode for anyone who wants to spend time reading past entries. (Provided everyone behaves from now on). My next entry will be on the Saturday 15th November 2025.