October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 Great Opening Lines Amazon recently ran a ‘best opening lines’ competition among its readers. They had to name their favourite opening line from …
September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 When we speak of love, of what do we speak? When we speak of love, of what do we speak? What do you think or feel love means? It has …
August 7, 2023September 15, 2023 My evening at A&E ‘Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.’ Or, as the A&E sign put it on Saturday night, ‘Expect to wait …
July 26, 2023August 23, 2023 This mindful day I am writing this blog I am wondering about the next line It’s good to touch base with what I …
July 19, 2023 The Victim/Bully complex The Victim/Bully is a well-known figure in politics, in the office, in the church and in the home. They can …
July 18, 2023 Are you an invented story? There are many great and wonderful inventions in the world, but this isn’t one of them, it really isn’t. And …
July 10, 2023 Psalm 22 and the Bipolar story Psalm 22 is famous; and as John Motson might have said, ‘very much a psalm of two halves’. It’s also …
July 3, 2023 The perils of people-pleasing In an ancient story, the father rode on the donkey and his son walked alongside him. Onlookers were aghast: ‘Look …
June 26, 2023 The one thing better than enlightenment And what, we might ask, is the goal for the human psyche? ‘To become enlightened, surely?’ comes the reply. After …
