Monthly Archives: September 2005

Here is something else to remember for our friends. This time by Yeats, fey Irish romantic that he was….. Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and … Continue reading →

When someone you know is in trouble, just remember this by Albert Camus. Don't walk before me, I may not follow,Don't walk behind me, I may not lead,Just walk beside me, and be my friend.

I love this poem by George Eliot Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort   of feeling safe with a person;having neither to weigh thoughts nor   measure words,but pour them out, just as they are,   chaff and grain together,knowing that a faithfull … Continue reading →

St Teresa wrote……… Let nothing disturb thee;Let nothing dismay thee;All things pass:God never changes.Patience attainsAll that it strives for.He who has GodFinds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.

What started as a summer collection of poems and readings fifteen years or so ago has become a regular repository for writings that strike me as pertinent for the time. But I am not sure what I was thinking when … Continue reading →

I am going to the chiropodist today to get happy feet. You have to be a certain age to appreciate the difference a good chiropodist can make in an elderperson's life. Not to be mocked or derided. If you are … Continue reading →

Watching the cricket over the summer has given me plenty of time to muse o­n many things. In particular, I was trying to work out why the nation seems to have been so taken up with the sport this time … Continue reading →

The cat was limping this morning. Indeed it could be said that his front left leg was more “hanging there” than limping, so it was off to the vet as soon as possible. Turns out he has not broken anything, … Continue reading →

So will they won't they……? Don't know if I can stand the tension of watching. But then again…..

The Scottish Tourist Board are re-running part of their Autumn Gold campaign to get people to come to Scotland. Ironic that we are going to be going to Somerset for an autumn break in a week or two. It reminds … Continue reading →