Join a creative writing group? You laugh a little nervously. Well, I did enjoy English at school, you say. Still a scary prospect? So is cladding yourself in Lycra and going to an exercise class, or joining the gym for the very first time. Yet this is good for your mental agility and will strengthen …
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Nature Notes ~ Glimpses of God in the Natural World
NATURE NOTES has been out for a month now and the questions have started. How did it come about? Why did I write it? How long did it take? Some of the notes have their origins in this blog, which has been going since 2017. Over time the blog became more about my faith and …
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Blackbird Song
There is a happy blackbird who sings outside our house with such a carefree , Jack the Lad song. It contains a boastful, fit-to-burst whistle, like he’s dating the best catch around (perhaps attracting her is the intention behind his song), and some gorgeous trilling. The household have all noticed and love him. I've never …
Tidings of Comfort and Joy?
Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com ‘You haven’t had a stroke – you are having one and we don’t know when it will stop. There is usually a window of opportunity but that passed at about twelve noon.’ It was by now late afternoon and a challenging day was reaching its crescendo. At around 6am …
One for the Mums
I am writing this one for myself as much as anyone else, and I’m far from having mastered it. But the season of departures is here: the new academic term is beckoning many youngsters, and you might be about to wave off your son or daughter. The reality is, no one prepares you for it! …
Write me a story…
'Can you write me a story?' asked a little girl we were fostering. And so I did, though she wasn't around long enough to witness it. Writing the story was a kind of therapy for me after she moved on. When living here, bedtime stories were a new thing for her, and she'd listen well, …
White Sparrow
Today's white sparrow Don’t you love it when nature takes you by surprise? There I was this morning, walking a well-trodden route of ours, when a chatter of sparrows burst out from a nearby bush and into the air, disturbed no doubt by the dogs. There, in the middle of this group, was a lunar-white …
The Unfinished Story ~ What’s it all about?
I've had phenomenal interest in my new book already... Thank you everyone! There's only so much I can share on Facebook and Twitter, so below you'll find my Preface and Endorsements taken from the book. Preface What did life in the Early Church look like, when Jesus’s legacy was fresh, and his physical presence, for …
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Old Year’s Night ~ Nature Notes
Sometimes a dog just won’t let you alone and will tap your leg with his paw, telling you to get up and take him out. We’ve had a run of drizzle-days where it’s just not inviting out there, and the household seems to be in a Twixmas stupor. A friend has told me this time …
Thoughts on the Winter Solstice ~
A Christian Perspective Image by Josh Frenette, Unsplash Nature writers tend to be big on the Winter Solstice – follow many of them on Twitter today and you’ll find it to be so. This one isn’t. All the big names are championing the day – Robert Mcfarlane says it’s more important for him than Christmas …
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