Sad, unhappy and disappointed (45.2021)

I heard some upsetting news this week. I heard that someone I knew had died. It was her birthday and her daughter posted a message on Facebook saying her mother had passed and she would carry her forever in her heart. It was a shock, because I knew this woman as someone so engaged in… Continue reading Sad, unhappy and disappointed (45.2021)

Books, music, tea (38.2021)

It's been a week with some grim news - the delays in diagnosing and treating cancer caused by Covid-19; the fuel shortages that the government is insisting don't exist; the collapse of several energy companies as gas prices increase just as winter is approaching. Sometimes the news implies that we are on the verge of… Continue reading Books, music, tea (38.2021)