Flower Power
It’s amazing how much hope the sight of a single flower can bring to a weary heart. … More Flower Power
Taking the adventure Aslan sends
It’s amazing how much hope the sight of a single flower can bring to a weary heart. … More Flower Power
As the nation goes into a ten day period of mourning… you’d be forgiven for thinking we’re a nation all at sea. … More End Of An Era
In these enlightened times, we are all rightly encouraged to be sensitive to those of different backgrounds, ethnicities and traditions in order to bridge what has sometimes been, not just a gap, but a yawning chasm between people groups. … More Crossing The Cultural Divide
My mother has just celebrated her 90th birthday. … More Milestones
‘Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it’ – LM Montgomery (Canadian author) I’ve been house sitting for my friend in the ridiculously beautiful English Cotswolds, where every village is prettier than the last and all of them flirt with the coy confidence of being featured on future postcards or … More Sweet peas and memories
If you can’t enjoy the journey, take the bus.
… More The week after the week before
‘This island is a little paradise’ – Karl Marx on the Isle of Wight I’m fairly confident that there are few things on which Mr Marx and I would agree, but I’m fervently hoping that ‘the Island’ will be the exception. I am the youngest of three sisters, and the middle one is about to … More The Isle of Wight adventure
“I feel the need… the need for speed” – Maverick and Goose; Top Gun (1986 director: Tony Scott ) The long-awaited and much-anticipated Top Gun movie now showing in cinemas up to ten times a day, was delayed more than once by the pandemic, frustrating those of us who wanted to see what Captain Pete Maverick … More Top Gun
‘a collection of six delightful tales full of wit, quirky characters and an abundance of welcome nonsense’ – back copy, The Magnificent Moustache and other stories. I’ve been writing stories pretty much since I could hold a pencil. In what are called our formative years, the world of imagination was as real to me as … More The Magnificent Moustache and other stories
An elephant never forgets I’ve watched a lot of elephants in South Africa this week, and am reminded of their wonderfully long memories. They learn migration routes, the best places to eat and which waterholes can supply their herd. They greet one another with genuine displays of affection and spend time familiarising themselves with those … More Forgiving and forgetting