At rural boarding school when the power went out (regularly in the winter as different unions went on strike for…
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Happy, Happy Birthday Daughts…
I don’t know about you Daughts, but on December 31st I always ask myself the same question, “Where did the…
Christmas Greetings…
On re-reading last year’s letter I had to open with the prophetic words I ended with: “We are ready to…
No Guilt Attached…
Cats are nappers. My two boys sleep most of the day and I would even venture to say, they are…
A Barn Raising…
Our bird keeping son, Simon, bought a barn. It came in a kit with everything included – rather like an…
Dark Night of the Soul…
I absolutely do not wish to compare myself to the great Spanish Mystic, St John of the Cross. A Carmelite…
Hubs’ Field…My Field…
For me, the epitome of an English garden is one that looks tangly and wild… those lovely little cottage gardens,…
Sophie’s One…
Our beautiful grand-daughter, Sophie, celebrated her first birthday recently and we had her party in Farmersville at the city park,…
A Short Trip…
To get away from the pandemic…or at least how it’s playing out in our neck of the woods, Hubs and…
The Promise of Tomorrow…
As the days turned into weeks, and the weeks months, and the months look as though they’re going to make…