Dec 2021 – Sunlight Through the Shadows

Don’t Mind the Gaps

As 2021 draws to a close, my thoughts are turning, not so much to a review of the year almost finished, as to the year that’s about to start. Normally in this last week of the year I go back through my diary and list any special days out I’ve had: trips to the theatreContinue reading “Don’t Mind the Gaps”

Tales of Christmases Past

I’m finally into single figures in my countdown towards December 21st, the shortest day; the day I hope will prove to be the turning point in my annual battle with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD.) It’s an arbitrary landmark really and last year proved to be a false dawn as the effects of SAD affected meContinue reading “Tales of Christmases Past”

Look Through Any Window

We’re now in the second week of Advent and I’m enjoying a new image every day as I open a door on my nativity story Advent calendar. Such a sense of anticipation and excitement: What will be behind today’s door? What will it add to the story? Should I open it quickly: the sooner toContinue reading “Look Through Any Window”