Grandma’s Rose (Again)
have already written a couple of times about this rose, but this year it has once again exceeded my expectations. This plant simply should not be alive! It resembled a badly made (and very...
have already written a couple of times about this rose, but this year it has once again exceeded my expectations. This plant simply should not be alive! It resembled a badly made (and very...
Welcome to my shiny new site! I’m not an expert at this web building lark, but it’s certainly easier than when I started, in 1995. Back then we all seemed to like luridly coloured...
My grandma was an amazing gardener; she could encourage anything to grow-but I must admit that my faith in her knowledge and ability was shaken by this rose. I also love gardening, and we...
There are times in your life when you feel that nothing is going right, that if there is a God, he/she is playing some sort of cruel game; laughing at you whilst sitting safe...
I run a weekly Slimming World group in the Methodist Church in Copnor Road, Portsmouth (Wednesdays at 5.15 & 7.00pm). A preschool group also uses the hall during term time and we are used...
I often suffer from what I call my ‘Stupid Moments’, times when my brain simply refuses to work properly. I cannot recall names, or put faces to names, remember phone numbers, where I put...
I am absolutely delighted to announce that O Books will be publishing my first book; ‘Throw Away Your Loincloth!’, in 2012. The book is aimed at anyone who wants to live a spiritual life...
I am watching Andy Murray play Rafa Nadal… As always it is a stress ridden, edge of the seat, frustrating, nervy and downright ohgodIcannotbeartowatch experience. The Tsonga match was bad enough; I did so...
I have been glued to the telly tonight, watching Andy Murray in action in the third round at Wimbledon. He was playing Ljubicic (loo-be-chitch), a veteran player at 32, and someone who has certainly...