The moment I opened the curtains, I could see it was a beautiful frosty morning, the kind of day I love, so I headed out for a walk. The sun was shining on the water creating a golden path which [...]

I’m sure like me, you can become impatient when standing in a queue. However, on one occasion recently, it taught me a valuable lesson. I was standing in a queue to return an item in a hardware [...]

I had the most beautiful walk along our esplanade recently. The sun was shining on the water, making it sparkle like a sea of diamonds, and there wasn’t a cloud in the azure blue sky. The tide [...]

Matt Haig wrote in The Comfort Book, that we are all connected in seen and unseen ways. This possibly explains why “one of the simplest and quickest routes to happiness seems to be, to make [...]

You in Your Small Corner, and I in Mine   I had the most beautiful walk along our esplanade recently. The sun was shining on the water, making it sparkle like a sea of diamonds, and there [...]

The Butterfly and The Cobwebs   How are you feeling at the moment, no seriously, how are you really feeling? Me, the following quote that I read recently says it all, “that so many of us are [...]

Our inter-connectedness   I’ve swithered about whether to post this or not. Since the Jubilee weekend I’ve heard people express mixed feelings about the whole event. I had a down day [...]

What is the opposite of love? What would your answer be?  Most of us might say hate, but let me be devil’s advocate, how about fear? We have so many fears: we fear what we don’t understand, a [...]

Mining for God   I recently had the privilege of talking to a former Chief Inspector of Prisons, about his work. My interest in his work came from my previous role as Headteacher, where some [...]

I sat in the garden listening to a blackbird, his beautiful song soaring over the sound of traffic, as people returned home from a day at work. I couldn’t see him at first and then I spotted him, [...]