Photo Credit - @edzionmedia In her wide smiling face I saw defiance and intelligence. My heart was snared and I didn't know it then but...

May has been wet and windy and in 2021 we have been about a month behind the seasonal cycle compared to last year. We have experienced...

" Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. " Lewis Grizzard I know that once we leave behind February we...

Advice to my younger self & the meaning of life! Photo Credit - Jamie Beck - jamiebeck.co A Winter lockdown birthday which fell on Ash...

" Let everything happen to you Beauty & terror Just keep going No feeling is final ." Rainer Maria Rilke A collage of how I experienced...

" They are not long, the days of wine and roses." Ernest Dowson - Vitae Summa Brevis This weekend in England we celebrate our last long...

Hope deferred makes the heart sick - but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life - Proverbs 13:12 MONDAY - Today is an...

(Photo credit - The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration - Ghana 1961 ) 'Monkey, monkey, monkey ... ' A familiar chant aimed at Black...

Isolation. Just me and myself. Constantly in my own company. I wake up every morning to myself. I go to sleep every night drifting around...

" The real voyage of discovery does not consist in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust - A la Recherche du...

My last blog post was about entering my 50th year on planet earth and how the Biblical pattern for this is to take a year off and rest....

Last week I had my 49th Birthday. I was feeling pretty excited because I worked out that 49 was 7x7. This was significant to me because 7...

Dawn at Orange Court Farm in Littleton. So here we are at the end of January and it is another flat cold soul less winter day. The photo...

It's the end of December everyone! Where did that year go? So at this time of year I look back and celebrate the year. Usually with some...

Time for an update. Nearly a month since the last blog post. Above is a photo taken during our most recent family gathering down in...

(Photo Credit - Davids Tent) Back in July I wrote a blog post titled 'July Storytelling.' I stated that I felt encouraged to tell the...

So my sister called yesterday with the question: What does Christianity mean to you? A few lines were needed for an article she was...

“ The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found...

Last week I found myself with some time on my hands and nothing to do. It was that time of day and week when people are working. Mid-day...

I have been quiet for a few weeks. I decided to remain hidden for a season. Resting in the shadows. You may not realise it but although I...