Windflowers

 Caligula: Mad Tyrant or Misunderstood Ruler? When you think of history’s worst leaders, one name almost always comes up: Caligula. Over the...

I had a friend many years ago who I used to tease about her matching bedspreads, curtains and pillowcases. She laughed along with me and the...

When the storm came this year, the winds were hard. Stronger than we could have ever imagined and both fences and trees were thrown as by an...

King Eurystheus set Hercules originally ten monumental tasks to achieve. Despite these being incredibly difficult, King Euythesus ultimately...

I contemplate my life, my purpose. The floor is covered in pieces of dirt.  Life sneaks through our fingers and drops its debris everywhere....

Heartbroken by the rows of trolleys packed back to back in corridors at 2 am in a darkened A&E department. Most seem to hold an elderly ...

  Should we claim spiritual insight or clarity due to birthright, experience, or education? Gosh no! Is there some special mental skill or k...

I sit and breathe deep. I think of all those we have loved and lost these days. Has not all thought become strangely recalibrated? It feels ...

It began with a metallic watch strap. I noticed mine had begun to look tarnished. Even mottled in places. I had worn it every day, everywhe...

In these odd days of a pandemic, it feels as if after watching scores of the zombie apocalyptic movies we all woke to find ourselves in o...

My grandfather rarely spoke about the War. I believe it was because what he’d seen and lived through was so awful words could not d...

--> Deeper than happiness, joy springs from mysterious sources. Not sudden rain bursts of glee. Nor mere gladness be...