Sitting in the quiet of the morning I realised that even in the quietness there are things that can distract me. My mind can wander – or be so full of things that are happening in my life and the lives of others.   I find myself ‘caught up’ in ‘life’ – call out to…

The skies are blanketed by clouds this morning – I feel almost a sense of claustrophobia – of being closed in – closed off – I miss the blue sky! Even a sky full of rain clouds often allows me glimmers of the blue sky as they scurry across – but today – the sky…

There are so many things in my life that I am extremely thankful for – in fact as I sit and think about it I am almost overwhelmed by the things that come to mind – there is so much! I could just write a list here and let you know what all the things…

We’re experiencing some rather wild wintery weather here at the moment – snow storms raging – blizzards blowing. Our house in set in the open countryside with nothing to stop us experiences the full scale of this weather – so I sit here this morning watching it all rage around me – but needless to…

Our heating has been off all this week – trust it to be on possibly the coldest few days this winter! So – as I head for my quiet place this morning complete with hot water bottle, blanket and wheat pads I decide that it might be better not to open the French doors – but…

Sitting in the quiet this morning I had a strong sense of God filling every part of me and the words of a song by John Denver came to me – ‘You fill up my senses’ You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk…

I sit breathless – my heart pumping – feel my heartbeat fast and strong. No – nothing frightening  has happened – nothing has caused me to feel fear – I’m just breathless – simply out of breath! Thank goodness my heartbeat is strong though – it’s just that when it beats so fast all I want it…

I celebrated my birthday this week ( 73 yrs old! ) and have felt so blessed because so many people ‘remembered’ me – so this is really a ‘thank you’ People from near and far – those I saw only a few days ago – weeks ago – months ago – and even years ago….

The sunrise that I experienced this morning was brief – clouds quickly hid it from my sight – but I was so grateful for that brief moment – of the sight and feel of the sun – the colour – the warmth that was present with me at the beginning of my day. I can carry…

A transformed landscape greets me as I rise today. White blades of grasses – stiff in their frozenness – trees forming their stark silhouettes in the mist of the morning. There’s a stillness in the air – almost as though nothing wants to stir – awake to the cold of the day – much like most…