Bloggers note: Finding a reading to share this week, has seen me poring over quite a few pages in different books, looking for something that might be appropriate for my dear friend. The news, the media coverage and television footage over recent days must be painful for her at her age and I found it…
THE LANGUAGE OF DOUBT – Reading for 31 May
Bloggers note: Sticking with William Barclay again this week, to finish up our readings for May. It has been a fascinating, brief insight into this well-known preacher’s writings from many years ago. It has given me an enjoyable and worthwhile challenge as I have trawled through suitable quotes to read to my elderly friend each…
A stitch in time
Keeping up with friends during the current pandemic has meant an increase in contact through social media, and sharing what we are doing in isolation, has uncovered some hidden talents on the craft scene. A recent photo on Facebook of an amazing quilt nearing completion, showed me the skills and dedication that a dear friend…
A FRIEND INDEED! – Reading for 24 May
Bloggers note: Continuing on from last week, I am using more writings from William Barclay about the generation gap and surprisingly, although his text is some years old, it maintains relevance in today’s “Covid 19” environment.As I finish “homeschooling” with my two granddaughters and they return to full time classes, I would like to dedicate…
Familiar Handwriting
As an item of mail, it was nothing out of the ordinary, a plain white envelope, with a handwritten address, and a postmark straddling three odd stamps on the top right corner. It wasn’t junk mail, it wasn’t a notice or a monthly account – it was just a letter. But in this day and…
THE GAP – Reading for 17 May
Bloggers note: Quite unexpected to find that today’s reading fits so well with my blog site title……. Generation Gap. I spend a lot of time (and sometimes writing) about the gap between various generations, and recent weeks have seen a lot of comment in mainstream and social media about how people of different ages handle…
PLEASE DON’T TELL THEM THE BUDGIE DIED
Prime Ministers come and go and history retells the triumphs and failures of their political stewardship in many different ways. Often the tomes recording their path to leadership delve briefly into the childhood and formative years of a person that most of us only get to know through study, media reports or purposeful discussion. As…
KEEPING IT REAL – Reading for 10 May
Bloggers note: It is easy to imagine a mother writing the reading this week, and it will also be an “easy” read for mothers – in the difficult year 2020. More from that great little book about Mary McKillop. Happy Mother’s Day. “Little Brown Book Too” S and L Kane – Reading for 10 May…
Farm dogs
Animals on farms come in all shapes and sizes and their qualities and deficiencies are often not evident in their developmental stages. Maybe it is a stunning bull calf who chooses a life of amorous wandering before he is even weaned. Perhaps it is an old cranky ewe that protects and hides her twin lambs…
QUO VADIS? – Reading for 2 May
Bloggers note: The word for the week has to be “drear”. My lovely Aunty Hazel introduced me to this word of Scottish origin and with the cold, the drizzle, the greyness over the last few days, we can surely agree with her that is “has been a drear week”. “Every Day with William Barclay” William…
Generation Gap 