Category Archives: The stuff of daily life

16th April 1993 was a Friday. It was a busy evening in the parish.  The Mothers’ Union branch in the parish were holding their annual sale in the parochial hall at 6.30 pm. At 9 pm, the hall would be … Continue reading →

Drifting in and out of a sleep, I woke with a start as the wheels touched the tarmac of the runway at Bristol Airport. Disorientated by the doze, I was not sure of the day, nor where I was going. … Continue reading →

Avoiding hot chocolate in the evenings because of its detrimental effects, but missing its comforting presence, I took the advice of a wise Scotsman and bought a tin of cocoa. It has a pleasant taste, a calming effect, and has … Continue reading →

Whatever the realities of the physical universe, the Earth rotating in twenty-four hours, the orbit of the sun taking three hundred and sixty five and a quarter days, time in the way which we experience it is not linear, it … Continue reading →

It being the last day of term, Fifth Year students were listening to music. After a number of songs, there came the realisation that the music being played was not the music of their youth, it was the music of … Continue reading →