The Beatitudes for a Global Pandemic

Our phones are off, WiFi is down and my mobile has lost signal. There was a moment of panic – “what if people are trying to phone me, email me, sending messages on Facebook, texting.” Colin is sorting it all out. And so I take to gazing out of the window, again. I notice small…

Someone on Facebook asked can you name one good thing to come out of self-isolation, lock down and shielding? There were lots of positive answers I’m pleased to say. This is my answer. I watched as the female osprey at the Glaslyn and Dyfi nests returned from Africa and waited anxiously for their long standing…

It could be quite easy right now, given the news reports and isolation that we are experiencing, for many us to lose hope. To lose hope in the future, in each other, in the government, in God himself. A loss of hope turns us towards fear, blame, anger and despair. None of these things are…

Colin doesn’t like choice. It takes him ages to choose which shape of pasta to have from Tesco, or which fragrance of shower gel to buy, before going for the one he always has. He thinks I’m impulsive because I buy without checking reviews and, in his eyes, too quickly, and I’ll try new things….

As I battled with technology this morning I remembered the wise words of my Grandmother when my mother bought an electric kettle. “It’ll never catch on. Everyone knows that water and electricity don’t go together.” Of course she was wrong. I’ve done it too; I was very reluctant to change from records to tape and…

When I was a little girl I had a habit of looking backwards while walking. On more than one occasion I collided with a lamp post, and once the metal bar holding up the climbing frame in the school playground. I can remember teachers and my mother telling me to look forward, face the front…