It’s fascinating listening to the calls of the birds as the dawn breaks. I’m no ‘tweeter’ but seem to recall from somewhere that you hear the birdsong in some sort of order. Certain birds begin the dawn chorus and gradually others join in. I’m not good at identifying many of the calls but maybe I…

Sitting here this morning drinking in my morning dose of the peace – quiet and freshness of this dawn – my thoughts turn to ‘habits’ I guess we all have them – good and bad – but what got me thinking today was about the habits that we want to cultivate. I’m trying to cultivate…

I’m overcome with a sense of relief – at last – the hour has arrived when I can roll myself (literally!) out of bed and get ready for the day. Night hours seem so long – so unrelenting – as I toss and turn, every pain filled moment causing me to fluctuate between a longing…

Never would I have even imagined that such an event would occur in my life, never mind occur on most successive days during the dark Autumnal mornings. It begins as I creep downstairs feeling my way, not wanting to turn on even the feeblest light, afraid that I might disturb these fantastic creatures and alert…