by WilliamB | Mar 27, 2019 | Words and Pictures Blog
the ritual of afternoon tea Over 200 years ago, the Duchess of Bedford began our island tradition of afternoon tea. As the clock ticks nearer to 4pm, ladies abandon their books and complete their last circuit of the rose garden. In the drawing room, dust motes float...
by WilliamB | Mar 22, 2019 | William's Thoughts
THOUGHTS ON ANXIETY – Thoughts on Anxiety – “I think – there I go with my head again. I feel – that’s better. I feel the rise of anxiety around us. I’ve struggled with it for years, and found ways to cope. But I know from my grandchildren that it...
by WilliamB | Mar 15, 2019 | William's Thoughts
THOUGHTS ON SLEEP – Thoughts on Sleep – “How about sleep? Or rather how about not being able to sleep? What do you do when you wake in the night and can’t go back to sleep? I’ve heard quite a lot of stories about this – reading a book, sudoku,...
by WilliamB | Mar 13, 2019 | Words and Pictures Blog
All the pebbles on Aldeburgh beach a pebble meditation for you and your family You know that thing when you say to your kids I love you to the moon and back? Well, we have a Suffolk version of that. In our family we say: I love you all the pebbles on Aldeburgh Beach,...
by WilliamB | Mar 8, 2019 | William's Thoughts
THOUGHTS ON WRITING – Thoughts on Writing – I have been working on Noah: An Old Fool, which is to be the third part of The Suffolk Trilogy, but at the same time I have started a new book, Mary’s Story. The work on Noah is done now, but it is difficult to...
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