Tag: dailyprompt

  • 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

  • The Liberation of `NO’

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    How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? I have learnt to say No from saying Yes. From crouching fetal-like in self-betrayal. Many times that happened until, by the Grace of God, the connection, the pattern became visible. Yes, it was my yes, that never should have been, that… Read more

  • Weather that won’t cost the Earth

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    What is your favourite type of weather? Weather that won’t cost the earth is my favourite weather. I don’t pretend to understand all the science behind climate change. I can see with my eyes though that weather in Scotland is changing and can be inordinately hot. Different from the weather of my youth when one… 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 Godfather

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    What is one word that describes you? `God’s’ That is the one word that describes me. After many prodigal years I found that out by accident. Killing time, staying uncomfortably, in someone else’s house I read the Footprints in the Sand poem which was in a clip frame in their bathroom. I could hardly avoid… Read more