You and I have something in common We’ve each had a birthday since my Christmas article on ‘Peace’ last year. How did you celebrate your birthday? I know someone who turned sixty and had a big party. I know someone who went overseas to celebrate turning forty. I know someone who spent her twenty eighth […]
Year: 2014
Tell me a story
When I was a young parent I swapped stories with friends about the cute and not so cute things my children said or did. I’m still sharing stories but now they’re about my little grandchildren. They’re all different One recent story highlighted how different they are. My husband told one grandchild a true story about […]
The call to prayer
The adhan We had finished our tour of the Red Mosque (San Sofia) and the Blue Mosque in Istanbul when our guide took my husband and me to a hilltop café. While sipping apple tea and enjoying the view the call for prayer (the adhan) came from the many minarets silhouetted against the clear blue […]
Inspiring change
A spate of bad news There’s been a pile of tragic world news recently, aeroplanes missing and shot down, tension in Europe over Russia’s behaviour, the continuing Israel/ Gaza unrest, the horrific advance of ISIS into Iraq and the suicidal death of a much loved comedian. Easier to retreat There is more, but our capacity […]
He is.
I’m sitting at my computer with the deadline for this article only 24 hours away. My problem is simple. I don’t know what to write. Maybe I have Writer’s block, but then again I am only a writer with a small ‘w’, so I don’t think that applies. Doesn’t He know?In the past, I’ve had […]