And so, as darkness falls, and with it yet more rain, the old year draws to a close.  This Sunday, the first in Advent, is the beginning of the church’s year; only 25 days until Christmas.  Now is a...

Christmas gets earlier each year - a common complaint.  Barely has summer finished and the Christmas adverts start appearing.  Shop early, they say; well there’s early and early. It always brings a...

The sun shines, my study is bathed in light and, for a moment at least, this is a place of peace.  Peace, for many, is a rare pleasure as the world is becoming increasingly fractious once more....

And so to Thetford Forest for a day out.  Monday promised to be the best day of the week, and so it proved.  Time with old friends, a walk in the forest and a good lunch. Climbing out of our car...