I really love robins and I like the idea of them being a messenger from God. I have two really old felt robins on my Christmas tree. They were my late mother-in-law’s. I also have two stained glass ones on my lounge window. For my birthday at the beginning of this year my son bought…

On Sunday afternoon I attended the Cafe and Carols in Kirton. It was a wonderful couple of hours of singing accompanied by our talented musicians and led by the Rev. Jo Jacobs. The atmosphere was excellent and everyone had a smile on their face. It was dark by the time I was driving home. As I…

Like numerous other people I attended the ABBA show at the weekend. I found it amazing and actually had to keep reminding myself that these “people” on stage were not real. My eyes were telling me one thing but my brain was telling me something else. I had a wonderful time, made even more special…

I love Autumn and all the glorious colours of the leaves. What I don’t like is when the fallen leaves block drains and when they become very slippery. It’s like frost when I walk very cautiously. The following passage is a prayer taken from the little book “You Must Be Joking Lord” by Michael Hollings…

 I have no idea why I started to think about buttons but perhaps it was because I was having difficulty in closing one. Buttons come in thousands of designs, colours and sizes. They can be made from many different substances, gold, silver, brass, wool, wood and plastic. They can be used to decorate outfits or…

On Tuesday of this week our Open the Book team visited Colneis and Fairfield Schools to lead their Assembly. We generally always need to get a few of the children to play some of the characters in the story. This week we needed 10 to play Joseph’s brothers so we had quite a large cast.…

Nursing in the 1970’s in Belfast was not easy as this was the time of “The Troubles” as it has been called. We faced many difficulties, even in getting to the hospital, but we carried on with our work to the best of our ability. Some terrible things do stick in your mind more than…

When my friends visited recently Audrey told me that she was learning to play the harp. She was finding it quite difficult and she felt that she wasn’t practising nearly enough to progress. Finding the time was definitely not easy. She was very much in my mind on Tuesday at the Lilypad concert. Claudia, one…

Last week I wrote about my friends from N.I. who visited me in Felixstowe. We had another mini adventure while they were here. I asked if anyone fancied going on the Big Wheel. I’m not a great lover of heights and had only been on it once before. It was in the evening and as…

I had the most wonderful time last weekend. Two of my very good friends from Northern Ireland, travelled to Felixstowe to visit me. They had a couple of mishaps coming over. Audrey “lost” her mobile with all the flight details etc on it but recovered it from security. When they arrived at Stansted there was…