Category: Travel Light

  • Running with the Roe Deer

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    What’s the most fun way to exercise? Outside the city’s hype and melancholy, in green pastures where the roe deer stare, then turn and jump, effortlessly, clearing the fence meant to contain them. If they could smile they would, their little white hairy powder puffs they wiggle in delight. Free. This is where walking or… Read more

  • Messy Church

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    What book could you read over and over again? The Scriptures I read over and over again. Daily. The Word is living and I go to the Word of God when I am angry, happy, jealous and scared. And many other emotions in between. When I am confused, doubting and weary I feel like I… Read more

  • Life is Not a Lottery

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    If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? When I am about to re-enter a dangerous situation and arrogantly presume I will get out again, my husband often retorts: “Aye Daniel was freed from the den of lions – but he didn’t go back for his bonnet!”… Read more

  • Highway to the Heights

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    “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic” To walk more every day, especially in the hills is something I would like to do. Walking teaches me. The rhythm, the fresh air, the sightseeing. Yes it’s therapeutic and so lovely discovering places the bus or car… Read more

  • The pleasure of Patience

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    My mum was coming down her stairs. A difficult feat in her last days and only performed if she had an appointment she had to attend. I was working daily on a roller coaster of emotions. The intensity of caring for an elderly, widowed mother with historic emotional challenges, was not easy. “Come on mum… Read more

  • Confidence from the Shadows

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    The most confident person I know made barely a whisper in my early teenage years. They were assigned to the shadows. I was fascinated by the glare. School assembly many years ago and a talk from a charity representative. She was blonde, tall, slim with legs and hair shaped by the gods. She moved effortlessly… Read more

  • The Hidden Paws

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    Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? I guess cats. If I am to make any comparison then cats. For starters I can sleep like cats sleep. For long, long periods. I am a real stickler for routine the way cats are. I like to think I go where I am needed, like… Read more