‘Traditions serves as an avenue for creating lasting memories for our families and friends.’ Which family traditions will you enjoy this Christmas? … More Seasonal Traditions (it’s nearly Christmas)
‘…the light that darkness cannot handle’ John 1:5 (contemporary interpretation) It’s said that writers paint pictures with their words. So then, it must be true that painters give us poetry and prose with their colours. Oils, watercolours, pastels, chalk, charcoal etc – all the mediums within the reach of artists work themselves out on canvas … More Conveying Light into a Dark World
‘Who,’ you may be asking, ‘gets married in the UK in November?’
That, I have to own, would be us back in 1987. It was cold and it was gloomy but we didn’t care. … More Anniversary celebrations
Created by Charles M Schulz in the 1950s and first appearing as Lil Folks, this famous cartoon cast of children’s characters wrestled with very adult problems while bringing their innocent perspective to the world. Their questions about identity and their never ending angst about the world still resonate with us and are as winsome as ever.
‘There was a young man of Herne Bay who was making some fireworks one day; but he dropped his cigar in the gunpowder jar. There was a young man from Herne Bay.’ Ogden Nash For the last few years, I’ve been south of the equator during November. Consequently the big build up to Christmas, including … More Remember, Remember…
‘You are the music While the music lasts.’ TS Eliot from Four Quartets 3; The Dry Salvages As I’ve wrapped my head around the usual glut of admin which always awaits me on return from travel, I’ve also picked up a 2026 diary. ‘A little early,’ I hear you say; but there’s so much information … More Time Ticks On…
“Mind the gap.” – Safety announcement introduced on the London underground in 1968 using the recorded voice of Peter Lodge, (sound engineer). I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time on trains in and around London this past week so I’ve been mentally working out my routes – which line stops at which station and in … More Mind the Gap
In areas of life, where values, beliefs and opinions jostle for position, each affecting our moral and/or ethical outlook and life choices, disagreements are played out on a larger, more impactful and more crucial scale. Conflict is inevitable; how we handle it, is not…
In our chaotic, dysfunctional, noisy world, we seem to be pitted against one another in increasingly distressing ways. Objective realities aside, debate, discussion and reason are becoming harder to find; formerly safe places are no longer the sanctuaries that we thought. … More See You On the Dark Side of the Moon
For almost a year, I’ve had a newspaper article on my desk… ‘Be ready for war in three years.’ … More Be Prepared!
‘Let us remember those who will not come back… let us remember the men in all the services and the women in all the service, who have laid down their lives. We have come to the end of our tribulation and they are not with us at the moment of our rejoicing.’ – King George … More D-Day: 6th June
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