Posts from June 2025

The article below from “Capable Life” in the United States, brought to mind the saying, “Home is where the heart is.” “Home is where the heart is.” has a long history and has been attributed to Pliny the Elder from Roman times in the early first century A.D. The longing for a safe home reminded me of the aspirations of slaves in…

Geoff writes

As I look out of the Dining Room window I see this view of the gate. I wondered four things. What is it called, what is its purpose, why was it placed there and when was one first made? Its formal name can be written in two ways, either Lych Gate or Lynch Gate. The…

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A few days ago we were waiting at a bus stop. There was posted an advertisement I had seen before. This time I decided to re-read it thinking doing so would fill the waiting time for the bus to arrive. It was an advertisement by an insurance company advising a benefit newly they have added to their original car insurance product. In…

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Recently, as I have been walking through our local shopping centre, I have been pleased to see the management of the centre has made every effort to establish a positive mindset in all who come to meet with friends, brows or shop. The most visible way they have chosen is to inscribe on well placed, large notices the phrases, “You are loved”…