Post-camping
This morning is about post-camping messiness. My house smells like wood smoke, there are raincoats hanging in the shower and a mountain of laundry stared […]
The Messy Table
Questions and Confirmations
When couples have been married for a while, it’s inevitable you start sharing each other’s stories. This time, I’ll let step back the Spouse […]
Second-hand Words
We celebrated our wedding anniversary last week. Fourteen years. So, I gave the Spouse a box of magnets. It was just a jumbled collection of […]
And suddenly, he is drawing.
And suddenly, he is drawing. Last week, Plum drew a picture of his Daddy, complete with beard. This week, ladybugs, leaves, aliens with eyebrows and […]
Psalm 42 After…
After Orlando and every hurt. After every attack and senseless death. After our shock and into our mourning, we reach for God.
The Very Edge of Things
May ends with an out-of-place story. Here we are on the cusp of summer and suddenly with the story of the visit between Mary […]
Goodnight Moon
It might be a day to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday, but we’re celebrating another fine lady around here. Today is the birthday of Margaret […]
Someone Else’s Spring
It was wisteria outside the window after all and now it’s blooming marvellous. I’ve been sitting outside admiring it this afternoon. It’s one of those […]
Babel and Pentecost
It feels like a good story gone wrong. It’s not leading me anywhere.
Blue as New
I’d never been in a bluebell wood before. This weekend, the weather has been a bit wild. Or more precisely, wild in spots. We’ve […]
We’ll be light
The psalmist pulled my sleeve this morning right when everything else was quiet. Sunshine pooled on the carpet in the living room where Plum […]
Pie Day for Micah
Yes, I’ve been making pie. With the best intentions, of course. You see, a wise friend of mine once told me that a sure-fire way […]
On the Road Eastertide
An on-the-road Monday for our family and the skies were wild above us. One moment, we were deafened by pummelling rain, unable to see […]
This time with my eyes open
This time last year, I was part of a travelling Palm Sunday play with the Spark Festival of Worship and the Arts in Edinburgh. On […]
Seeing for ourselves
Plum has been coughing in the night a lot of late which inevitably means I get more night-time visits. Often, I’m indulgent and we […]
Comfort’s Root-room
Last night was beautiful. It might not have been. I very nearly got in the way. You see, earlier in the afternoon, we’d had a […]
Longing
Every Tuesday, Blue goes to Reading Club after school, and it’s one of those clubs where parents are supposed to tag along. I was hesitant […]
Bright Gold
Ah, the end of love month and in a leap year to boot. I’m thinking about wedding rings, though I’m no fan of the […]