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Activity number 43 is complete. The long promised quiz sheet is ready for you to get hold of! Something to test your brain cells on. Over 60 questions on the 60’s and all things 60. A picture round too. All yours for a donation to 60@60. You know you want to! Do contact me andContinue reading “Quizzical?”

This week is the seventh anniversary of the kidnapping of the Chibok girls from a school in Northern Nigeria 🇳🇬 Over 100 of the girls are still missing and it’s not known if they are still alive or have been married off to jihadi fighters. It remains a terribly difficult time for their parents. KidnappingContinue reading “Making progress…”

The passing away of Prince Philip this week, though not a total surprise, stirred some unexpected emotions. He had always been there as part of the national landscape. But it was very interesting to discover all the things I didn’t know. Someone called it a life well lived. So, what is a life “well-lived”? ServiceContinue reading “A life well lived…”

Not a lot to report and update you on in this blog. I have been making a few preparations for the next activities (e.g., buying maps for the Pilgrims Way and a trip to climb the highest hill in the Cotswolds) but that’s about it. Sometimes life is a bit of a plod and theContinue reading “A brief update”

Today is a very special day for Christians throughout the world. On a Friday that seemed anything but good it all seemed over but then on Sunday morning 🌄 there was an empty tomb. A desolate but then thrilled woman talking to someone more than the gardener. A bunch of frightened men hiding from theContinue reading “Easter Sunday”

As I write this it’s the Wednesday before Easter and I have finished work until Tuesday which is nice. But am I ready for Easter? It is so easy to lose the important in the midst of the ordinary. A couple of things that I have kept going constantly over the months are the BibleContinue reading “Easter build-up”

This is an old palm 🌴 cross I have on my shelf but I thought as today is Palm Sunday I would include it. The crowds hailed Jesus that day but had turned against him a week later. How much do our expectations influence how we respond to situations (and to Jesus)? And how oftenContinue reading “Palm Sunday”

This week we had the National Day of Reflection to remember the first anniversary of the declaration of the first covid lockdown. A reflection on what has occurred and how it has impacted us and others. A chance to pause from our busyness and take a deeper look… Remembrance and reflection is so important toContinue reading “Reflection…”

Yesterday I ate chocolate 🍫 and it tasted so good. After 7 days and eight nights of one bowl of soup and bread per day it was a real treat to savour orange juice in the morning again; to literally “break fast”. It makes me think of the many simple pleasures we take for granted.Continue reading “Preparation…”

OMAD…or One Meal a Day to you and me, is apparently a recognised and popular form of weight loss programme. It is not without its dangers though, as without careful management it can create health issues. In contrast approximately 700 million people in the world go hungry every day, not because they want to dietContinue reading “OMAD”