The other evening, I decided to bin some of my thousands of emails. It all started very well but then it slowed down because I started to read the email before binning it. Needless to say, progress was not good and I need to get back to doing more. One email which stood out for…
At the Remembrance Service held in Felixstowe Methodist Church at Seaton Road on the 9th November we had a Poppy Fall at the front of the church. You can see in the accompanying photo that there are red, purple and white poppies but if you look closely there are different shades of these colours. There are…
Having lived the most of my life in Northern Ireland I find this time of year very emotional. I was a nurse in The Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast in the 1970’s during some of the worst of “The Troubles.” I cared for many of the injured, from shootings and bombs, and some cases I…
I was reading over some of the previous messages I wrote and part of this one is from the 5th May 2020. “A farmer placed a weather vane inscribed with the words “God is Love” on top of his barn. One day a traveller stopped by the barn and watched the weather vane moving in…
Thirteen years ago my husband and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. We booked a holiday in a lodge in a forest near York. The lodges were all situated in a way in which you couldn’t see the next one. Both our sons were able to join us which was amazing. The walks through the…
When I pulled back my kitchen curtains on Wednesday morning I was surprised and delighted to see a beautiful robin sitting on my fence. We very seldom see small birds in our garden as there are so many seagulls and pigeons. When I lived in Northern Ireland there were two robins who seemed to spend most…
On Tuesday I was a Steward at a funeral of an elderly gentleman. He had been in the army for many years and it was a privilege to be present. In a tribute for his military service a bugler played The Last Post. I was standing right beside him and even though I have heard this played…
My husband and I have just returned from a few days in Aldeburgh. I’m telling people that we were on a “Good Food Holiday”. We treated ourselves to lunch each day we were away. This was bliss for me as I didn’t have to cook or wash up and I enjoyed being able to rest.…
I recently mentioned that I had been sorting out a lot of my belongings. I passed on some very fine crochet cotton to a friend who was lacemaking. These balls of cotton belonged to my mother who died 33 years ago. I had kept them in my sewing box with the intention of making something…
I really like this poem by Spike Milligan: Smiling is infectious You catch it like the flu, When someone smiled at me today I started smiling too. I walked around the corner And someone saw me grin, When he smiled I realised I had passed it on to him. I thought about the smile And…