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Yesterday I completed three years of writing my daily blog. April 2020 was a time of Covid isolation; I couldn’t chat to people; I was encouraged to start a blog; I’d never written before… I imagined I was with friends in a café, pub, home… at my local Men’s Shed, church, theatre… places where IContinue reading “My Third Anniversary…”

We’ve all seen jugglers with clubs, balls, hoops… The Random Juggler juggles random objects… a rubber fish, a violin, an axe… We went to the football yesterday. We walked to the Norwich ground in the rain. It was good game, with some exciting moments. We returned to the car in the sunshine… but a 0-0Continue reading “The Random Juggler”

Yesterday church was full for our Easter Sunday service… young families coming for the first time, older folk who’ve been coming for many years… …Eating bacon rolls, drinking coffee… enjoying dancing puppets and dancing children… singing with smiles and enthusiasm… remembering the sadness of death and Good Friday… rejoicing in the joy of resurrection andContinue reading “Forever And Ever Amen”

Led like a lamb to the slaughterIn silence and shameThere on Your back You carried a worldOf violence and painBleeding, dyingBleeding, dying From the ‘You’re Alive!’ of Easter we look back to how we got here. We pause and remember the events of Good Friday… Jesus’ crucifixion and death… the suffering servant, the sacrificial lamb…Continue reading “Led Like a Lamb”

Yesterday was our music for wellbeing group at The Seagull Theatre. Helen led us through a super afternoon with fantastic Easter bonnets, themed songs, chocolate eggs and 4 birthdays to celebrate. One song we sing every week is ‘Worried Man’; it’s one gent’s favourite: It takes a worried man to sing a worried songIt takesContinue reading “But For Now…”

Yesterday… …I saw this hot cross buns advert. Marks and Spencer’s? They must be good then… But why do good traditional hot cross buns have to be spoilt with cheese, chocolate, bananas or toffee? I’m a huge fan of cheese, chocolate, bananas and toffee in their right place but they have no place in aContinue reading “Why? Why? Why? Why?”

Today’s the day for getting rid of rubbish. I’ve put out our blue bin containing our recyclable waste, and our green bin containing our garden waste… twigs and branches, weeds, moss raked from the grass that won’t rot on the compost heap… Later today I’m taking an old mattress to our local dump; I’ve aContinue reading “Getting Rid Of The Rubbish”

Last night we went to see two of the Medieval mystery plays… ‘The Trials of Mary & Joseph’ told the Nativity story – including immaculate conception, a doubting husband, local opposition, scandal, sceptical midwives… ‘Mankind’, England’s most popular comedy of the 90’s (that’s the 1490’s) told of young man caught between the temptations of threeContinue reading “Just Tell Me The Story”

We want to feel good about ourselves… feeling loved and accepted… enjoying success… being appreciated, motivated , inspired encouraged… feeling comfortable in our own skin, having a positive body image’… Winnie the Pooh’s big hearts and big hugs… It’s Spring – the time of year when everyone talks about ‘feeling better’. There’s sunshine, the daysContinue reading “The Place of Discomfort”

When I was 12 I went on holiday with my friend Tim and his family. I remember boat rides, ice creams, games of Monopoly, hearing Gerry and the Pacemakers, watching Cliff Richard in ‘Summer Holiday’ at the cinema… One evening we went to the local village hall for an old-style sing-a-long. We sung many oldContinue reading “Fearfully And Wonderfully Made”