Over the last couple of days I’ve been trying to lighten my laptop’s load by binning old emails from years ago. It’s really interesting what I’ve found and what I had completely forgotten about. There wasn’t a lot of binning done as I just had to read everything again and remember why I had kept…

I recently finished reading a book by Arnaldur Indridson. At the beginning of the book the author explains how the Icelandic people address each other. Their surname is patronymic, meaning it is made up of the person’s father’s name and ends with -son for a male and -dottir for a girl. Hence Indridson, means son…

“A society grows great when old men plant tress whose shade they know they shall never sit in” Greek proverb” Over the years, I have become a bit of a collector of profound sayings.  The other day I read this saying from Greek philosophy and it struck a chord with me, particulalry in the light…

There is a story of a cliff-hanger, determined to reach the summit of a high mountain. After years of preparation, he began his adventure.  Only he journeyed alone, because he wanted all the glory. He began his descent and as daylight faded he decided to continue climbing. Night fell.  The night fell heavy as he…

When the leaves have fallen, the last of the roses have died eventually on the odd bush, the potted geraniums have gone to slime because we forgot to remove them before the frost, and the bulbs are still nestled snuggly under the compost, all may seem dead and there is not much joy to be…