According to a legend, a king once placed a heavy stone in the roadway. Then he hid and watched to see what would happen. Many people passed by and grumbled and complained that the government was not doing their job in keeping the highways clear but no one assumed the job of pushing the stone…

Last week I started by saying that I had just taken down my Christmas cards. This week I have just taken down my birthday cards. I’m a New Year baby and according to my family it causes them many problems as it’s so close to Christmas that they have no idea what to get me.…

I have just taken down all the Christmas cards I received this year. I like to look at them and read the messages again. This year my son gave my husband, myself and his brother a hand-painted watercolour of a tree. He took up watercolour painting about six months ago. Obviously, they will not be…

I know Christmas Day has been and gone but I still have carols flowing through my mind. One of my favourites, which I had never heard until I moved to Felixstowe 9 years ago is, 222 in Singing the Faith by John Bell.     “Who would think that what was needed      to…

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.…