More Perspective
November 8, 2024
‘I’ve felt quite overwhelmed by world events this week, so it was good to be reminded that others have felt similarly over generations and found a path of hope’ … More More Perspective
Tag: faith
Adventures with the AA – ‘the fourth emergency service’
June 29, 2024
‘It’s OK, I’m with the AA’ – tag line for The Automobile Association I had planned to write this blog about the wonderful writer’s retreat in Wales that I attended last week but it’s been somewhat eclipsed since then by the epic journey that finally brought me back to Surrey. Perhaps I’ll return to it … More Adventures with the AA – ‘the fourth emergency service’
Congratulations: it’s a Book!
May 15, 2024
‘The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.’ – Albert Camus Congratulations are currently pinging around, which is rather wonderful. It’s all because I have a new book baby making it’s way into the world this week. ‘Haven’t you just had one of those?’ I hear you ask . Well … More Congratulations: it’s a Book!
Mountains and scars
March 12, 2024
‘The mountains are calling and I must go’ – John Muir (1838-1914) naturalist and environmentalist This past week or so has seen us travelling to the Free State province of South Africa to visit friends who used to live in Cape Town. Flying into Bloemfontein we had a bird’s eye view of the vast spaces … More Mountains and scars
Christmas Contrasts
December 13, 2023
‘May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.’ Anon I once had a group of eight-year-olds ask me if we had elephants in our garden in South Africa. It’s amazing which images persist and what impressions stick. I could have told them that Cape Town is actually a very … More Christmas Contrasts
giants of the forest
September 5, 2023
The biggest redwood… in the world is the General Sherman… almost 2,000 years old. … More giants of the forest
The window of joy
May 12, 2023
On both sides of the equator, we’re going to need… a spiritual window that has neither shutters, blinds nor curtains; is not made from frosted glass or is distorted to give us a false view of what lies beyond it. … More The window of joy
The Personal Touch
November 14, 2022
being found… is one of the most exhilarating emotions there is. … More The Personal Touch
Milestones
August 5, 2022
My mother has just celebrated her 90th birthday. … More Milestones
Easter 2022
April 14, 2022
As the Ukraine-Russian war comes into its fiftieth day today, I wonder how many teenagers felt the same emotional jolt in February that I did that day in 1982 when I was stopped in my tracks. … More Easter 2022
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