‘Milk flower of the snow’ by Rose

‘Milk flower of the snow’ by Rose

‘MILK FLOWER OF THE SNOW’ by rose One of the first flowers to arrive in the cold depths of winter, the humble snowdrop is a ray of hope and beauty. We might be mistaken for thinking them delicate and fragile as they hang their heads in the frost and snow....
Thoughts on ‘And’

Thoughts on ‘And’

THOUGHTS ON ‘AND’ “It’s an AND world not an OR world.  Expansion and contraction, lightness and darkness, warmth and coldness, and the ever-moving cycle of the days and the seasons, the rising and falling of the tide.  Something that is both...
Thoughts on Writing

Thoughts on Writing

THOUGHTS ON WRITING View from William’s Study – Thoughts on Writing – “For me it is the writing that matters, the actual practice of writing.  Trying to get it right and so often failing. I like getting to know the people that come onto the page.  From...
Thoughts on Ageing

Thoughts on Ageing

THOUGHTS ON AGEING “There is so much more to ageing than getting old and frail.  That too, of course, but it is surprising,  Well, it surprises me.  No sooner have I settled into what I think will become the habit of being old than I find that I have discovered...
Thoughts on Christmas

Thoughts on Christmas

THOUGHTS ON CHRISTMAS “I always find Christmas to be a disturbing time. Of course, I have family, children and grandchildren, and they care for me and I for them. But I’m, left somehow disturbed and I think others may be, too. Is it the Winter Solstice, the cold...