Growing sweet peas has become something of an annual ritual for me. In February, when the weather is cold and rather miserable, I buy 2 packets of sweet pea seeds. I sow them in compost in a tray placed on the spare bedroom window sill and wait to see the first signs of growth. By…

A novel I read some time ago contained a story of a town in the USA where a well-known character, called Ike, lived. He had always been known by that name, and no one had bothered to find out his birth name. One day, his brother moved to the town and was so much like…

There has been a vogue for repurposing phone boxes. Since the advent of mobile phones, the iconic red phone box has often been left unused and even vandalised. However over recent years they have received a lick of paint and a new lease of life. Many village streets have a lending library of books or…

Goodness!  I was so stuck!  I mean, really stuck! Honestly sometimes the best thing to do is to shout for help.   I was only a child at the time, maybe seven or eight when I made the decision to walk through thick mud.  I cannot remember why.  Maybe I was trying to find my dad. …

It’s amazing how quickly we forget. One of the churches I worked with in 2020 decided to distribute daffodils to church folk as a small gesture to show that the church family remembered them. I thought that this was a lovely idea, so each time we went to the supermarket, we bought some small pot…

Thinking about neighbours ……. The residents on the road on which our church is built have recently started up a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme which we have been invited to join. As well as traffic issues such as speeding and parking, the organisers seem keen to make it more like a community hub where we can…