Comfort and Calm in the Crisis
This is the first day of our NZ lockdown. We are in self-isolation in our forest, enjoying peace, solitude and solicitude. Not just words, and offers of help from our little caring community, but the...
View ArticleLove Actually
Over forty years ago I found myself visiting a man imprisoned in a psychiatric ward.He had no family, no other visitors, and the story of his life was a search for the only person who had ever loved...
View ArticleBloggers addictions
I’ve been blogging for eight years now, a small stretch of time for some bloggers, I know, but for me, those years seem to have covered life-times, and indeed I have actually crossed over into another...
View ArticleThat’s Life
I lost my blog, and had no idea how to get it back until dear Linda at coloradofarmlife.com told me how to find it, after I told her how frustrated and helpless I was. However, I was still writing,...
View ArticleTriggered by Jemima Puddle Duck
I bought a pristine copy of ‘The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck’ in a junk shop for fifty cents the other day. No great grandchildren in the offing to receive it, but rather on account of the nostalgia I...
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