Turnips or mangel wurzels?
Not pumpkins but turnips or mangel wurzels were hollowed out to act as lanterns. They were often carved with grotesque faces for All Hallows E’en. In the nineteenth century they were called jack-o’-lanterns …
October 2021
You are beautiful, You are precious…
Do you believe that you are beautiful? Do you believe that you are precious? Last week I wrote about the beauty revealed within a piece of marble. It had been rejected by other …
A chip off the old block.
Are you a chip off the old block? Or are you the sculpture revealed within the block? My thoughts have been triggered by noticing that Michelangelo has been in the news lately. …
The clock is my Dictator – Psalm 23
The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest; It makes me lie down only when exhausted. It leads me to deep depression, it hounds my soul. It leads me …
Return to the rush?
Do we really want to return to the rush? Are you in a rush now? Did you have time to read last week’s blog? I wrote about the Psalm 23 Garden …