Faiths Join To Talk About Peace One World Many Faiths brought together representatives of different faiths to present the importance of peace in their religion. There's a great need for peace in the world at the moment, with conflicts happening in Ukraine, Yemen and Gaza among many. The need to spread the message of peace … Continue reading One World Many Faiths – Voices For Peace
The Silence is Deafening
On 11th September 2001 I gave my one year old daughter her lunch and idly watched Neighbours. The short BBC News music came on with breaking news (for years afterwards that theme gave me chills) and showed footage of the World Trade Centre in New York. Over the course of 90 minutes I watched in … Continue reading The Silence is Deafening
Hearing Voices for Gaza
The last few years of my daughter's studies have been difficult for many reasons; lockdowns, home schooling, reopening with restrictions, not knowing whether final GCSEs would be exams or teacher assessments, and on top of that strikes on and off during A levels. To top it off her history syllabus included Nazi Germany, and this … Continue reading Hearing Voices for Gaza
Journey to Moonlight
There was a full moon recently, a supermoon, a silvery orb rising majestically in the clear sky. I left my curtains open that night and gazed at it and at the gardens bathed in moonlight, maybe not the best idea when sleep doesn’t come easily, but too beautiful to miss, as the light shined on … Continue reading Journey to Moonlight
A Day By The Sea
“Oh, ye! Who have your eyeballs vexed and tired, Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea;” One Friday in June we decided to go to the seaside. Exam season over, a day off work, sunny weather; all added up to the need for simple enjoyment and distraction from the day to day pressures of … Continue reading A Day By The Sea
Over the Rainbow
Magic exists in fairy tales and sleight of hand, but it also exists in real life, in the form of rainbows. Which of us doesn’t look up at the sight of a rainbow and wonder at its beauty or its very existence? I’ve loved rainbows for as long as I can remember and the childish … Continue reading Over the Rainbow
Let’s Talk About the Weather
Thinking about my ideal weather conditions, I picture blue sky, maybe dotted with the odd cloud, sun shining down warmly, a gentle breeze rustling the leaves on nearby trees and a temperature of 25°C. Living in the South East of Britain I wonder how common those weather conditions of neither hot nor cold, actually are. … Continue reading Let’s Talk About the Weather
Everyday Creativity
Words are my way of communication and they don't feel like art; some write beautiful words with a flow which is an art form, but not the way I write. Being involved with an arts project over the last two and a half years was strange for me but became comfortable as I realised there … Continue reading Everyday Creativity
Warm and Bright
It’s that time of year when the dark hits you, night draws in too quickly after tea time and the clocks going back at the end of October makes it suddenly evident. I don’t really mind dark evenings and prefer them to dark mornings. While waking up for pre-dawn prayer is difficult after such little … Continue reading Warm and Bright
Bzzz…
Two flies were buzzing around the kitchen while I was switching everything off for the night, Bluebottles, which I could hear irritatingly rather than see in the twilight. Usually they come in, through the tiniest opening, then spend all their efforts flying from one end of the room to the other in vain efforts to … Continue reading Bzzz…
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