‘Tis the season to be ….

‘Tis the season to be ….

As we approach the season of goodwill, the season “to be jolly”, how are you about that, given the year we have just had … an era that doesn’t look like it will ‘end’ on Dec 31st 2020? Are you feeling the weight of the world on your...
Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

It’s four years since my mother died. She was 89 years old, and never thought of herself as being a day over twenty-one. I am now sitting in the chair she used to sit in. She looks out at me from a photograph on the windowsill behind me. She is smiling, as...
Why does the caged bird sing?

Why does the caged bird sing?

“I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being” Maya Angelou. #Me too. I have long admired the wisdom of Maya Angelou.  Her book – ‘I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings’ moved me deeply. In fact I...