This week, the third week in November, is always special to me as it brings back wonderful memories. Memories of travelling to London with my mum over so many years for our annual Christmas shopping day, always on a Thursday, when many of the large stores were open later than usual. We’d travel to OxfordContinue reading “Christmas Shopping”
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Changing Clothes for Changing Seasons
I’m writing this just after the season of International Fashion Weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris which showcased new ‘looks’ for the Spring/Summer season of 2026. While none of the outfits I’ve seen in the press would either suit or attract me, even if I could afford them, I’ve been reflecting on howContinue reading “Changing Clothes for Changing Seasons”
Clearing Away the Cobwebs
We’re just at the start of September, my favourite month, not only for the first sights and scents of autumn but also for the sense of a new beginning, a second ‘new year’ in the calendar. As children and young people start returning to schools, colleges and universities I look to the next few monthsContinue reading “Clearing Away the Cobwebs”
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 dishContinue reading “Filling Our Bowls”
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 theContinue reading “Taking a Dip”
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 wereContinue reading “Passing the Message On”
A Journey to God’s Heart in Prayer
Recently I’ve begun making plans with my husband to fly to Italy for a week’s holiday in a few months’ time and we’re now working through all the admin which is involved: passport renewal, travel insurance, transport to the airport, currency, luggage allowance. Now, a few weeks after booking and inspired by a worship serviceContinue reading “A Journey to God’s Heart in Prayer”
What Three Words?
What Three Words? Recently I overheard someone mentioning the What3words app to a friend. I knew about this app, which has assigned a unique combination of three random words to each three-metre square on the earth’s surface and I have it on my phone. It’s used by delivery drivers and the emergency services amongst othersContinue reading “What Three Words?”
Bridging the Gap
I’m not one of the people who likes to watch endless videos of animals doing amusing things on Facebook. I know that if I got drawn into doing that regularly, that I’d waste far too much time. However, recently I spent several minutes watching film of a panda trying to move from one structure inContinue reading “Bridging the Gap”
Disappointment
I started drafting this post on the day that GCSE results for 16-year-old students were published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Following the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic, which saw teaching moved online and otherwise disrupted, and the adjustment made to grades for the past two years to take account of that, thereContinue reading “Disappointment”
Who’s in Control?
At some point this year and possibly sooner rather than later, I’m going to need to get a new laptop computer, my current one is at least eight years old and now runs very slowly. I’m dreading having to make the change in case any important files, especially files of photos, go missing while they’reContinue reading “Who’s in Control?”
Holey, Wholly, Holy
What is the point of a hole? A hole represents the lack of something; for example, the appearance of a pothole in a road often represents a lack of, or poor, maintenance. I know that driving over, or dropping into, a hole in the road leaves me feeling very shaken and insecure if I haven’tContinue reading “Holey, Wholly, Holy”
Opening the Curtains
I’ve recently had a curtain pole and curtains installed in my office. I’ve not had any curtains in this room since we moved here over nine years ago. This is mainly because the room faces north so gets no direct sunlight even on the brightest of summer days and I thought that having curtains, howeverContinue reading “Opening the Curtains”
Sunlight Through the Shadows 