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FairTrade–more than just a Fortnight.
Have you ever heard of “The Butterfly Effect?” Mathematician and meteorologist, Edward Lorenz, theorized that small, almost insignificant actions can cause far-reaching and subsequent events due to the sensitive dependence of environmental conditions in nature. During the Fairtrade Fortnight you have the opportunity to make some simple purchasing choices that can offer upward …
Bbrrrrrrrr….where’s the cotton flannel?
Fresh from the manicure! Like two little gophers scampering into their burrows, I shove my hands between the feather pillows encased in cotton flannel. I have just returned to my flannel sheets, duvet and wool blanket from my nocturnal trip to the toilet. This trip is made on automatic pilot, and I might still …
Many children not my own
I sat quietly reading. As a barber waiting in my shop for customers, I was just hanging out with God. Though I’d fallen in love with Jesus as a teenager, I’d never read all the way through the Bible. I was hungry to learn how to hear God’s voice, to know for myself …
The last of the left-overs…
Another box to the recycle—the one that held two layers of Christmas Chocolates—we finished the last ones. Enjoyable while they lasted. We have a couple boxes of deep-filled mince pies remaining from our celebration month. We are close to finishing the rest of the left-over Holiday season food. I have less to finish—as John …
A Prayer of Preparation
Reader: Prepare the way for the Lord, Congregation’s Response: Make straight paths for Him Father, You sent Jesus away from heaven to earth. Before He came, You clearly told us to look for Him. Many people spoke your message to prepare the World for His coming. There was Isaiah who said: “Behold, the Lord God …
Passing things along…
I’ve been finding new blogs to read by clicking on the blogs my friends read. I’m in the mood to give…The first thing I want to share is is a “Give Away Something Handmade” project. One of the blog writers I have just started following is sending a handmade gift to the first five people …
Apron strings and other “ties that bind.”
Apron strings often get a bad connotation because people refuse to cut them. Is it the fault of the Apron Strings? No–apron strings just help you keep your apron on. And let me just go on record as saying, as messy as I get in the kitchen, those strings are very important! I have …
White Christmas? Yes we did. White New Year…no we didn’t. On 17th December Berkshire finally got a taste of what the rest of the Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland was experiencing…snow. Between the 17th and 18th of December, Slough received eight inches of the powdery white stuff–the largest amount of snow on record …
December Days in a Daze…
Truly, I intended to write a lot during December…like writing about the gifts I was making; experimental craft projects; the result of my appointment with the Rheumatologist and of course, Christmas. Now, not only is December almost over…so is 2010! Around the first week of December, whilst cooking dinner, I heard Midnight Man’s …