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 …

To Mask Or Not To Mask?

March saw the second anniversary of the first lockdown, with the few remaining UK restrictions being lifted on 1st April. Now there is no requirement to mask or vaccinate and anyone testing positive for Covid-19 is only asked to ‘try’ to avoid going out. It feels a little strange thinking of going out without a …

The Negative of a Positive

She tested positive. A wave crashes through me as I read the long text from the NHS. It explains what to do, how long for, information sites. But I can't remember any of that; all I am aware of is that her test result is positive. She'd actually been feeling better since Tuesday, lower temperature …

Diary of An Isolator

By Danila (Tuesday 22 Dec) I am currently sitting in my room listening to Fly to my Room and waiting for someone to bring me breakfast.  It’s 10:29, the song has changed, and I’ve just returned from having my first ever coronavirus test. For a few days I’d been feeling under the weather and though …

Coronavirus and Comfort

When your child has a fever, you look after them with blankets, drinks and a cuddle. Even when they’re not a young age, but in their teens, they may not ask for it but they still need you. These days, in this year of Coronavirus, your child getting a fever has changed. First you may …

Venturing Out

On day three of the Covid-19 lockdown I had to venture out. We had spent the previous day at home gardening, tidying up, cooking, but yesterday I finally needed to take my dad to see the doctor. Life while distancing had kicked in as I didn't hug my parents and made them both sit in …

Marigolds and Calendula

Watching Blue Peter with my daughter recently I was telling her about it being on when I was school age and how it was one of the few children's programmes broadcast regularly. Apart from a lunchtime slot for pre-school age children we could only watch chidren's television between 4:00 and 5:30pm, unlike the 24 hours …

Homeopathy and the Radioactive Eye

I first used homeopathy around 25 years ago when I had an asthmatic cough which was only under control using a steroid inhaler. The first homeopathic remedy I was given by Caliph of the time Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad didn't work so when I saw him again a few months later and he found out …