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This poem by Robert Louis Stevenson speaks to something in my soul. If I have faltered more or lessIn my great task of happiness:If have moved among my raceAnd shown no glorious morning face;If beams from happy human eyesHave moved … Continue reading →

Had friends come round for a meal last night and we discussed everything under the sun – all the things you're not supposed to talk about – like religion, politics, eternity and the Royal Family. We all agreed that it was because … Continue reading →

The latest gardening accessory for the discerning gardener is a pair of knee pads. Well Monty Don wears them…….

The cat had obviously been paying more attention to the weather forecast than I had. He slept o­n my bed and refused to budge. In fact, the temperature went down to minus 1.6.

The new series o­n BBC2 o­n how five men fare when they enter into the monastic life for six weeks is well worth a view, as is the Worth Abbey website page at http://www.worthabbey.net/bbc/index.html which aims to help viewers make their … Continue reading →

Collected the new car yesterday. It is in the o­nly colour I've never had before – black. Rather smart too. A Fiat Punto with a driver's seat that goes up and down. As you can see from the above I … Continue reading →

A basketball net is sufficiently like a netball goal for the sons to be impressed at the mother's prowess. Yes – I was fit enough to indulge in a bit of net practice over the weekend. (Perhaps I should mention … Continue reading →

My Jesuit friends taught me something of the art of attending to God by reviewing the past day to try and discern when God's presence was known. It is a useful habit to develop and can produce some surprising truths. … Continue reading →

People have been asking me what it is like to be retired. I seem to have stopped working in a parish and started doing all sorts of other things. At the moment I am a bookseller, political activist, writer……oh yes, … Continue reading →

Success takes many forms; in Stirling consituency where I have been helping along with a team of about sixty campaigners, the LibDems achieved a 9% swing and almost beat the Tories into second place. So it is not a win … Continue reading →