As the snowdrops and even daffodils appear in our gardens there is an excitement, a palpable energy in the air, despite the oft’ gloopy news. I am reminded of one of my heroes Khalil Gibran, author of The Prophet, who
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“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘it will be happier.” Alfred Lord Tennyson. Yes it will! Yes it must be! At last, we have much to celebrate, the passing of 2020 for a start! My
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Christmas Greetings Champions of Churchill Music and music lovers everywhere.Wintry it ain’t- no complaints! Snowier: Storefronts are showier, light displays glowier. Shoppers are prowling, blizzard howling! Drifts a-heaping, lords a-leaping, Yule logs burning, gifts a-heaping. Winds are a plenty for 2020!”Adapted from The Old Farmer’s Alamanac – a
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With Lockdown tightening its grip and the evenings drawing in, this quotation from Victor Hugo leapt out at me, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” There is nothing like a good Waltz to whip
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As we head for a bit of a ’storm’ I bring you a quotation from Vivian Greene, “Life’s not about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain! Out with those brollies and bring on
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It is great to be in touch again! Thank you so much for your patience and to all who so kindly responded to our recent Survey. It has given us a clearer picture of your wishes and feelings which are
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It’s out with the crystal balls to try to predict the immediate future, so living in the present, I am drawn to that great Lebanese philosopher, Khalil Gibran for this month’s ‘food for thought’. “The appearance of things changes according
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We are living in strange, unsettling and somewhat confusing times so I look to my Inspiration Guru, Maya Angelou for advice, “What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it,
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The rain and warmer nights has made the gardens and hedgerows suddenly ‘take off’! As we very carefully creep out of the major locked-down state, it is even more noticeable just how much natural beauty there is all around us
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“Rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul” – Plato. This week we have a terrific new opportunity to put a plethora of rhythm and harmony into the inward places of our souls. (This blog was