Dear Reader Walls are ‘man-made’ constructions and serve many purposes. We are familiar with the many walled gardens in existence throughout the country, an attractive and functional feature of many stately homes and estates. These...
Dear Reader Many of our hymns and songs have their origins in the bible. Some are paraphrases and some are personal devotional compositions. In some denominations, the Free Church of Scotland for example, you will...
Dear Reader If we haven’t needed to exercise our limited patience in the past, we’ve certainly had to these past thirty-plus days as we continue with our restrictions. I get the feeling that patience for...
Dear Reader Now into our second month of restrictions, I thank you all for your continuing and encouraging messages of support. I thank you too for the many ‘funnies’ doing the rounds for our amusement....
Dear Reader, Today the medical scientists will begin their vaccine trials as a first step in what is a very complex procedure. With global cooperation, however, things are able to move much quicker than would...
Dear Reader When did you last have a good dream, or perhaps a nightmare? Dreams are strange are they not? We find ourselves in strange situations and having the most outrageous conversation with all sorts...
Dear Reader All our conversations today are usually and necessarily conducted by using texts, phones, Facebook and indeed any other social medium that does not involve us meeting in person. I think some folk are...
Dear Reader I always chuckle at the little ditty, ‘shake the bed, make the bed and into bed we go’. It reminds me of the three friends from the book of Daniel, Meshach, Shadrach and...
Dear Reader All this ‘play’ and ‘no work’ is making Jim a dull boy. Well, working from home has its limitations and I think we’d all like to get back to our normality as soon...
Dear Reader There are many annoying things in life, and we are all well acquainted with them, particularly when they’re within our own households. One of these things is called housework. Not the housework itself...