On looking through a drawer for some more hand cream I came across a small tube called “The Ritual of Dao” and was intrigued by the title.  So I googled it! I found that Dao is an ancient Chinese philosophy which is supposed to help you find inner peace and tranquility.  I’m not sure if…

On looking through my Leprosy Mission Christmas Catalogue I came across a tea towel headed “A Good Friend Tea Towel”.  There are many quotes of what friendship means all over the tea towel.  Some are: Friends are the flowers in the garden of life. Best friends always stay to dry up. A true friend makes…

For my breakfast about three or four times a week I have honey on my toast. I prefer the soft honey and it must be, for me, local Suffolk Honey. I love it.  However, it is twofold as I suffer from hay fever from grasses in the summer.  It doesn’t work for everyone, but I…

I recently had a birthday card, not a significant one, although as I get older they are all significant!  One of my cards from a very good friend said: Wishing you HappyBack to Normal,Near Normal,Normal as there is,Close to NormalBirthday. It made me wonder where I am. I came to the conclusion that it often…

While reading my paper last weekend I came across the picture of a cute cat looking out from a cardboard box. Nothing unusual in that you might think, but the caption with it said: I don’t care how big the new garden is.I don’t care how close to the local school we are.I don’t care…

When I think of music it is usually Classical and, in the car, I always have it tuned in to Classic FM.  But there are so many different kinds of music and musical instruments. In Jewish times music was very important – not as spectators but as playing instruments, dancing and singing.  For instance, when…

Some of you know I like doing jigsaws, as probably many of you do.  I usually do Gibson’s jigsaws (there are other manufacturers!!) 4×500 pieces.  In fact, Ray usually gives me one for my birthday and another at Christmas.  The cupboard is getting full as I don’t like parting with them. When I’ve completed them,…

Every year the new Methodist Church President and Vice-President select a theme for their year.  This year it is “God’s Table – An Invitation for All”. I remember in 2000 Rev Inderjit Bhogal was President and he had a similar theme of God’s Table. One of the things about Methodism is the way we always…

Some people like coffee strong and black, others white with sugar, many people just have it white; there are many ways.  I recently had a conversation about coffee and all the different types; roast, ordinary, decaffeinated, etc., etc. This got me thinking about other things which I like that has many different types like tea,…

Over the last couple of weeks my patience has been really tested. I had to wait a long time at the hospital; Ray, my husband, had to wait to see the dentist and I was waiting for him in the car. We were to have a Smart meter fitted on a sunny afternoon and he didn’t turn…