It is said, ‘Charity begins at home’.

I am an active charity supporter, in that I emerge at least two – maybe three times a year at the doors of one of my local charity shops, heaving great big black sacks of clothing that are out-worn, out-lived, out-of-favour, out-of-season, out-grown and/or out-dated. I always feel an enormous sense of relief satisfaction – as though […]

Thinking… Dreaming of Spring

For many weeks, the meteorologists have been busy, keeping us on our toes, making sure that we do not become complacent by the increasingly mild winters that now seem to be the norm. News reports and images such as this  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093450/UK-weather-Britain-braced-cold-snap-year-ice-snow-transform-countryside.html have done a good job of making sure that I keep my thermals at the ready. The temperature in […]