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The Two Moors Walking Challenge Post #5, 27th March, 2026
Wembury to Yealmpton to Ivybridge - done!
Tomorrow might not work
Long walk tomorrow…not sure I’ll make it. A poem for those whose tomorrow might not work.
The Two Moors Walking Challenge Post #4, 25th March, 2026
The day before the practice first leg
The Fragrance of a Tomb
Imagine you were one of the early visitors to the empty tomb…you’d have been overwhelmed by the smell…a pleasant smell
International Women’s Day 8th March 2026
A sermon interrupted, a Radio 4 programme not turned off…what’s going on? And why mention International Women’s Day?
The Servant Girl & the Prodigal
Luke 15 parables culminating in the Parable of the Prodigal Son keep on giving…grab a bible and soak in it…like in the poem.
Beloved Tehran
Iran, the birthplace of some of the world’s finest Persian poetry, suspended once more between people and politics
The Two Moors Walking Challenge – post #3, 25th February 2026
Early morning walk - pennies in the pot
Book Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin Guiliano Da Empoli Pushkin Press – 2023
If you’d like to be taken into the heart of Russia, and Putin’s Kremlin, then buckle up and read The Wizard of the Kremlin
Friday’s Irregular Poetry Corner – a day late
Friday’s Irregular Poetry Corner -a day late. Guest Poet: Kimberley Johnson, Golf
The Last Supper ‘You are clean, but not all of you’ John 13
Imagine for a moment, the impact of these three words on the disciples at the Last Supper ‘You are clean’
Book Review: ‘Surrounded By Idiots’ Thomas Erikson Penguin – 2019
Red, Yellow, Green, Blue - four personality types, why they clash and how to pour oil on troubled waters
Stripping Away Familiarity Proverbs 3 v 5&6
Nakedness is actually normal…isn’t it? But we have this clothing urge as well. But twice a day, at least, we get to see the truth!
Longing for Snow
I know when I’m old - when I don’t long for snow. So far so good! Boots are ready.
More Than a Barber
Usually a barber’s is a room full of chatter, radio noise, clippers, and traffic outside…not on this occasion