Author Archives: freda

God’s goodness shall fall like a shower on the trusting of every age. The disregarded have been raised up: the pompous and powerful shall fall. God has feasted the empty-bellied, and the rich have discovered their void. God has made … Continue reading →

In the midst of the brewing row about rural post offices due to be shut, our local postlady was fuming this yesterday. The computerised accounting system had broken down. She could do nothing….not sell a stamp, post a parcel or … Continue reading →

New method for getting Christmas cards done……Sign along-a-Grease. Even the dog enjoyed it!

Christmas shopping accomplished in novel style yesterday, despite the dreadful weather. We took the campervan into Oban, complete with doggin and picnic. Then it was a case of moving the van round the town and making forays back and forth … Continue reading →

Years ago I used to gather with a whole load of friends (teenagers, so it was a very long time ago…..) We avidly watched the Royal Variety Performance on a Sunday night as it was then, delighted to see top … Continue reading →

Or are they plotting mahem?

Each year round about this time I sort out the list for Christmas cards. And each year I try to work out how to do labels. In the six years since I have had a computer based address list I … Continue reading →

And it was on the morning of the fourth day that Piglet’s bottle came floating past him, and with one loud cry of “Honey!” Pooh plunged into the water, seied the bottle, and struggled back to his tree again. Tigger’s … Continue reading →

A member of my past congregation sends me on the church magazine every couple of months or so. It sometimes provokes sad memories, maybe because someone has died, but often there are happier times brought to mind. This month I was … Continue reading →

Well she had been snuffling in the wet grass…..