Frost on pansies This year, I had the joy of conducting a handfasting for the son of a dear old friend. He and his American bride had...

...and the time of kindness Today, February 17th, we’ve been celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Day No, not one of my usual folklore-y...

“I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.” ― Freddie Mercury Bags of crumbling paperwork are heaped high,...

At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. - Lawrence Binyon Just how often do we sit down and talk about...

When I remember all The friends so link’d together I’ve seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads...

The cherry trees bend over and are shedding On the old road where all that passed are dead, Their petals, strewing the grass as for a...

Whose voice would you really like to hear once more? Is there a lost voicemail from years ago you’d love to retrieve? I loved writer...

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. - Jane Austen This weekend, our community history project held a joyful...

The Music of our Years “Without music, life would be a blank to me.” ― Jane Austen, Emma Tomorrow, I’ll conduct a funeral for a lady we...

In the 1980s, I used to keep scrapbooks. (Look, we didn’t have iPads or mobile phones.) I’d glue in postcards, spare photos, magazine...

We all deserve a chance to be honoured and to celebrate - and a choice in how that is done. It started in 2017, but the idea had built...

“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and...