I recently had a short break in North Wales with members of my extended family. The party included my cousin and his 2 small children aged 6 and 3 years. Our view from the farmhouse we were staying in included sheep and their lambs. We set out to drive in convoy from our remote farmhouse…

The saga of our road closure continues, (see TFTD 4/3/24 & 18/4/24). One of the up sides of this is that I am, hopefully getting fitter as I walk into Hadleigh along a traffic free road. On my way back home, on the day of writing, I came across a sorry sight. There were binbags…

Three weeks ago, I attended my 40 year reunion in Nottingham, (see TFTD 19-2-24). It was something I was eagerly anticipating and I wasn’t disappointed. Having had a clear drive up the A1, I arrived at the hotel, situated on the university campus around 12 noon, to be greeted with friends from years gone by…

There are some people I do not like – those who inflict pain and suffering on others, those who seek to harm others, those who act out of selfishness. But do I love them? I try to. There is someone I know, (not local to Suffolk), who has caused much pain and distress to someone…

My husband in an act of generosity (?) bought me a bread maker for Christmas a few years back. I think this was perhaps because I had attempted to make bread the “old-fashioned” way, and the resulting loaves were more useful as building bricks than as nourishment! The bread that came from the bread maker…

Today is the day we celebrate the Annunciation, that is the visitation of the Angel Gabriel to tell Mary she is going to conceive a baby, even though she is still a virgin, and that he will be called Jesus, Son of God. Mary didn’t consider herself important. She was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter,…

The most popular topic of conversation in our village at the moment is the state of the roads. Unfortunately last autumn the first heavy lot of rain resulted in part of our road subsiding to such an extent the road had to be closed.(See TFTD 4/3/24) This has meant a 6 mile diversion out of…

I recently joined with a group of us from Elmsett to visit one of our church members who has been in hospital following a severe stroke. He had suggested that we could meet in the chapel at All Hallows, Ditchingham and share in worship together. It was wonderful to have a full church with voices…

I have to confess I have been feeling rather smug over the past 5 months. After the serious deluge of rain in October, and also probably as a result of heavy groundworks lorries thundering up and down to a new housing development, the road towards Hadleigh collapsed and the Highways Agency were forced to close…

I was recently invited in to our local Primary School to talk to the children in years 1 and 2, (5–7-year-olds), about what it means to me to be a Christian. They had been exploring Bible stories that demonstrated what characteristics a follower of Jesus has; their favourite being about trusting Jesus – Jesus calming…