Adullamite

The media storm over this missing child worries me. Now I am all in favour of parents being concerned for missing children, and hope that th...

Why do women nag? It appears that no matter what part of the world a person visits, you will find a nagging woman! Of course, you will also...

Essex as a county is often treated with a great deal of disrespect. The image is one of the 'Essex girl' A lass who's ambition...

It was obvious this was a bank holiday Monday. The minute I woke I could here the rain outside. The few cars that passed swished through th...

I saw the first swift of the year yesterday evening. A sure sign of summer approaching. Wonderful to see. Swifts, or bluebird's as we...

O.K. it's bore time. Let's talk elections. In Essex there is little surprise that the area has a blue tinge. In this town alone 42...

This book by Robert Fisk is well worth a read. It may have 1286 pages, not counting the addenda, and it may take a while to peruse, but I r...

What is it about televised church services? Why do they have to go to a large cathedral to portray Christianity? I am watching a service f...

I almost missed the Easter weekend. I knew it was coming but suddenly it is upon us. Today I suddenly realised is Thursday, clever of me,...

You can tell by the cloud overhead. Not dark, but not quiet what one would call light either. The difference between Essex and Edinburgh i...

First day of April. Several papers and no doubt, radio and TV stations will have played 'April Fool' jokes on their followers today...

Eleven years to the day when I moved in to this flat. What a change from the London place. It took me a while to get used to this, althoug...

I lied of course. This morning my delightful niece sent me a little note, black paper, silver pen, great for the postman's eyes that! S...

So as I sat here yesterday typing out the collapse of all things around me, the washing machine, stereo etc, I did not think it could get wo...

As I was setting the stereo to tape a radio programme I once again found the machine playing up. Instead of changing the time, it changed t...

When I came here eleven years ago, I was delighted to discover Essex was the driest county in England! Fantastic! I was also under the imp...

When your team puts in a performance like we did against Dundee United you need something to lift the heart, or in deed Hearts I should say....

OK so the weighing machine groaned when I stood on it, and the plastic cover on the dial flew off, but that does NOT make me fat! Anybody w...

God created women so they could know him and praise him. So that they could experience life in all its fullness. How easy it is for men to...

At least that was the idea. It seemed good at the time! So when I woke this morning, for the second time, I noticed there was a mist outsi...