Tracing Rainbows

Last autumn, my friend Wendy gave me a challenge - could I make her some "tidy bags" for her tights. She wanted to separate the na...

  People round me are still discussing their experiences of flu and covid jabs. Venues seem to fall into two categories- the in-and-out  one...

We went off to Milton Keynes on Thursday, for the Christian Resources Exhibition. We've attended CREX since it began in the 1980s, at va...

I know that you get what you pay for, when it comes to decorating - and if you buy your housepaint in a discount store at rock bottom prices...

It is 235 years since Ben Franklin made this statement - most people only know the last seven words. It is not my place to comment on the US...

  So said Anne of Green Gables, adding "It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?" I th...

 ...and Brownies. The challenge was to help nearly 30 girls aged 5- 10 to gain their sewing badge. Only 5 of them said they had done sewing ...

Saturday was an interesting day. In the morning I had my covid jab, in the afternoon we both had flu jabs. I cannot believe how utterly diff...

Recently I met Mark Taylor, a hospital Chaplain. He told us he does a lot of work with teenagers who are in the psychiatric ward. On his day...

There is still a row of swiss chard plants growing happily in the raised bed. I usually serve them steamed with butter - but as we work towa...

The final tally for the September declutter is rather haphazard As usual I located 1 bag to hold CS donations 2 pieces of open weave curtain...

That's not a typo - every Autumn Grandad would say "It's turning cold" and Nana would reply "Winter drawers on!...

On Monday last, Bob and I were guests of our friends from Cowper Chapel at their Harvest Lunch. After some delicious fish and chips, there w...

I know about IHOP [International House of Pancakes] Not yet international in the sense of having an outlet in the UK. That's probably ...

What do you call them in your neck of the woods then? Plimsolls, gym shoes, daps, pumps, tennis shoes, rubbers, sandshoes, sneakers, trainer...