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Shoots…

The past few weeks have been slightly troubled…to say the least. One of the consequences of which have been to receive many many flowers. Amongst these lovely gifts was a large and very beautiful...

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A clear mind or clarity of thought?

A few weeks ago someone remarked to me that they had tried meditation but they had given up as they had been unable to ‘clear their mind’. This made me very sad that someone had been made to feel a...

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All that is solid…

I’ve had a little time on my hands the past few weeks. My husband bought me a magazine (a Christmas one…he said my Christmas spirit was uncharacteristically lacking this year) and in it was an origami...

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Reactions

Our daughter is expecting our first grandchild, due next year. This week she awoke one morning to find herself unable to stop being sick. Even water refused to stay in her stomach for more than five...

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Perspectives

It’s rapidly approaching that season (you know the one to be jolly) and each week there seems to be the necessity to send in a financial contribution to some school activity or another. The other week...

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Darwin’s worms

Adam Phillips in his excellent book “Darwin’s worms” recounts in the prologue a story of a gentleman attending a concert given by his friend. In the programme notes his friend, the composer, had...

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Smells!

As Christmas approaches one of the jobs that I love to do is to feed the Christmas cake! From the second you open the box the smell starts to gently twist into your senses, delicately rising like the...

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Spring bulbs

My friend posted an interesting comment on her Facebook page today. It went something like this: “Spring bulbs, why do they bother? Spend all year cold and underground only to pop up for a few weeks in...

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Dirty laundry

I must bless Facebook for bringing me into contact with some very astute friends! My apologies in advance for this turning into more of a rant than a blog! Following on from my last post where a...

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