Today my heart is sore and I yearn for a place to rest. The news all around is gloomy - many passing in the cold of winter, many stricken with cancer, many deprived and hungry and cold. I happen to find these pictures as I play a little with my phone - they are of...

Just had a deliciously strong cup of coffee, warm apple crumble and icecream and lost myself in a glowing fire. What I'm digesting is the power of the warmth - especially as we are experiencing a bitterly cold winter here in Cape Town. If there is no fire there's no...

Photographed outside the Bridge Inn Eskdale. I wonder what you make of it? My first reaction was to have a good laugh.Then I thought about when we go back to make sure a job really is done! Then I moved on to thinking about an absolutely sure - no question about it -...

Sometimes old ladies get a treat - when they visit "The world of Beatrix Potter" in Windermere. They marvel at the world brought to life for them by the marvelous displays. And dream a little of a time gone by. They delight in - or at least I did - the joy and...

Amelia is ten years old today. When her mother knew she was coming there was dismay. I tried to comfort her and told her this was a gift from God. How true it is that the gifts God gives are His blessings! She was actually called "Gift" for a while but now she is our...

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Why should I be surprised, when visiting the Lake District and Bridge Inn Eskdale in particular, to find this in the Ladies Restroom? When all you see as you travel is sheep - we saw so many fluffy lambs - I guess you bring "sheep" into every aspect of your life, even...

True to tradition tea is served on the Queen Mary at 15.30 every afternoon. It was fun to receive scones, cucumber sandwiches and cakes and then ofcourse tea as part of the ritual. I'm sad to realize that sometimes what I do as a Christian is carry out rituals of the...

Here we are two days into our trip on the Queen Mary 2 sailing from Cape Town to South Hampton. And in the fridge there is bubbly to welcome us on board. But today on Easter Sunday we are aware of another kind of Spirit, the Spirit that indwells us - not confined as...