Category Archives: Uncategorized

Miranda Hart says that what is most important is not what we do, but why we do it. It’s important to ‘start with a why and live… life with purpose, on purpose’. Encouraging us to ‘hone your why’ she says her ‘why’ is: ‘To help people see who they are beyond the world’s rules andContinue reading “Honing Your ‘Why?’”

Yesterday… visiting the beautiful town of Oban in the West of Scotland… reading Miranda Hart’s ‘I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You’… being increasingly aware of different life’s stages and changes. I was born. Miranda Hart: ‘…there’s only one of you in the whole history of mankind ever. No one who has come before youContinue reading “My Six Stages of Awake”

We spent a large part of yesterday on a coach. Leaving Lowestoft at 5.00am the coach  picked up passengers from various locations in Norfolk and headed for Scotland… …As we crossed the border into Scotland, I smiled as Paul, the coach driver, announced: ‘In Scotland you’re never far from a whiskey distillery, a battlefield, aContinue reading “Loch Lomond”

It was beautiful walking along the beach early yesterday morning. The fine weather brings everybody out. A group of women were doing yoga, a number of families formed a swimming group, runners were out in shorts and t-shirts. Most people were cheerful, happy to say, ‘Good morning.’ If there’s a brief conversation it’s usually aboutContinue reading “A Little Rain, Lots of Rain and Love”

Yesterday we went to Norwich to watch ‘Les Misérables’. In celebration of forty years of the show, amateur groups are performing it for the first time. NNOS (Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society), in collaboration with other local theatre groups, is one of just eleven companies, across the country, to be granted permission. We thoroughly enjoyedContinue reading “Beyond the Barricade”

I was visiting Jack. ‘Look what I’ve got,’ he said, pointing to a box on the floor. I picked it up. It contained an inflatable, over-six-foot-long alligator. He asked me to blow it up. Choosing not to inflate it I asked, ‘Why does a man, with significant mobility issues, living in a first floor flat,Continue reading “Inflatable Alligators, Lolly Sticks and All That Remains”

Buckingham Palace has announced that the Royal Train will be taken out of service by 2027. This cost-saving measure ends more than 150 years of tradition. We’re moving on. I was reminded of Elton John’s beautiful song ‘This Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore’. He describes how love, fame, riches and a celebrity life style haveContinue reading “This Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore”

Yesterday morning, at our Men’s Shed, Steve said, ‘Why is there a skull and crossbones on number of the grave stones in St Margaret’s churchyard?’ We thought it might be related to the seafaring history of Lowestoft, with the skull and crossbones symbol associated with pirates. A number of us looked for an answer onContinue reading “Random Musings on Death and Mortality…”

At church yesterday Pastor-Lou reminded us of C.S. Lewis’ ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and the conversation between Mr and Mrs Beaver and the children about Aslan the lion, the God figure. Lucy asks if Aslan is safe. “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver. “…Who said anything about safe? ’Course he isn’t safe. But he’sContinue reading “Good and Safe?”

I first met this song a few years ago and wrote about it then. I’ve revisited it during this last week. It’s stayed with me. Jesus said that if I thirstI should come to himNo one else can satisfyI should come to him Jesus said if I am weakI should come to himNo one elseContinue reading “Jesus Strong and Kind (again)”