Spring Has Sprung As I write this piece the rain is lashing my windows and the Winter Olympics is on the TV. It has been a chaotic start to the year in my house and I’m reeling from the notion that we haven’t actually completed two months of the year yet! Back in the summer …
The Art of Thankfulness This post is a rewrite of an earlier one, now lost to my previous blog. 2011 was the year. Prince William married Catherine Middleton; there were riots in England after the killing of Mark Duggan; Barak Obama was president of the US; David Cameron was Prime Minister in the UK; there …
100 Good Things the 2021 edition 100 things to be thankful for The 2021 edition It’s been even more of a rollercoaster year than usual but I think being thankful, even when you have to look hard for things to be thankful for, is an essential way of life. With that in mind, I’m listing …
For World Teacher’s Day Here’s to those who taught me and my friends when we were much younger than we are today Here’s to those who opened my eyes to truth and beauty when I was small and when I was much bigger Here’s to those who taught me how to teach, those in whom …
What a year 2020 has been! I mean, I usually get to this point in the year and begin to look back on all the things that have happened and have a similar sort of thought – after all a year is a long time and lots can, and usually does, happen – but this …
Advent – the liminal space I wasn’t brought up in the Anglican church, so I hadn’t heard much about Advent and the beginning of the church year until well into adulthood. Now though, there is something quite other-worldly, something quite unsettling about the time that runs up to Christmas. We might be rushing about buying …
The Unwanted Helper There is an unwanted helper in my hallway. The kind that really wants to be of help and really will be of help if I can just get my head around needing it. I was talking to a lovely friend this week about the way our brain processes memory and events: I’ve …
End of Week Two – Stay At Home Save Lives This week we have fared better, it has felt less emotionally stressful and more like this way of life is becoming ‘normal’, for better or worse! I’m really aware that there are many for whom it is an especially difficult and even unsafe position to …
End of Week One – Stay At Home Save Lives It’s fair to say that in our house, along with the rest of the world, it’s been a week of mixed emotions, there’s been ups and downs, tears and laughter. There’s a lot to be thankful for alongside the frustrations of self-quarantine/lockdown/isolation whichever word you’re …
