May 3, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Shadowlands My wife told me a story about two social workers who were following up on a report of a child being abused. The house they were called to was in a very smart part of town. The house itself was absolutely immaculate. The parents were very respectable and...
Apr 7, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Light in a dark world It’s been a pretty bleak year weather wise so far. Every morning seems to present us with banks of unremitting black clouds often accompanied by driving rain or a blanket of mist. The weather seems to have really affected people. People that I...
Mar 11, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Controlling the dog In a recent letter to the President of Norway, Donald Trump stated that “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace” . I’m not going...
Feb 12, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Be the voice A Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you had a great Christmas. Big question is have you eaten all the chocolate? We are just about done, although there is a box of strange tasting marzipan chocolates lurking about. Talking of chocolate the first...
Jan 9, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
When it’s cold and dark It’s that tine year again! The TV is full of Christmas adverts. Christmas trees are being wedged into car boots or dragged out from the loft. Dad’s got that awful jumper on again. The supermarkets are full of goodies that you never knew you...
Dec 10, 2025 | 2025 Reflections
Far from home Last month Gail and I spent two weeks in Japan with our daughter, grandson and son-in law. Normally all we get is about half an hour once a week on Skype. Instead we had two weeks of real quality time doing all the normal things like shopping, eating...
