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Sunlight Though the Shadows
Seeking and Finding God’s Grace in both Sunlit Times and Times of Shadow
- The Right Way Out
- Walking into 2026
- The Wonder in the Waiting
- Christmas Shopping
- Changing Clothes for Changing Seasons
The Right Way Out
Recently I’ve tackled a spring clean of the spare bedroom, which is very badly named as the one thing this very small room doesn’t have is any ‘spare’ room, being much smaller than the one in the image below! Used occasionally, as space for an overnight guest, its main function is storing out of season…
Walking into 2026
I’m writing this post on New Year’s Eve and I’ve been thinking (as I’m sure many of us have) about stepping away from 2025 and walking into 2026. Having fallen recently, walking doesn’t seem like one of my particular skills, unfortunately, and I’m quite nervous about falling again. Over the past few weeks I’ve been…
The Wonder in the Waiting
As I write, I’ve just finished two weeks serving as a juror at a local county court. It came at a particularly difficult time of year for me, as I tend towards slight depression during the shortest days of the year. I’m also recovering from a nasty fall and have managed to pick up a…
Filling Our Bowls
On most of the surfaces in the room where I write these blog posts, I have china dishes of all shapes and sizes, many inherited from my mother. Two of these in particular always catch my eye. The first is this small round dish with a picture of roses painted inside. I’ve had this dish…
Taking a Dip
We’ve recently returned from a holiday in Sorrento on the Amalfi coast of Italy. Though we enjoyed ourselves, the weather was rather hotter than we’d hoped: I always struggle with temperatures above 23⁰, particularly if the humidity is high too. The day I started drafting this blog post saw the highest recorded temperature for the…
Passing the Message On
I’m not very good at judging the size of crowds. If I go to an event and someone asks me afterwards how many people were there I always struggle to answer. If it’s a number I’ve been able to count on my fingers, then I’m fine but beyond that, I can’t tell if there were…
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