Putting Hutchmoot 2023 into action

Putting Hutchmoot 2023 into action

It takes a village to be an adult It’s a thought I’ve been working on for a few years now. I workshopped it with Becky as we drove up to Derbyshire. It is the inspiration behind my Pass the Piece contribution to Bethany. It was the driving motivation behind going to...
Telling the stories that need remembering

Telling the stories that need remembering

Saturday 3 December 2022. It was going to be a good day. A special day. It was a West End musical day! My sister and I have a tradition that we refer to as “sister dates”. As a general rule, they consist of a meal together (Wagamama or Chinese takeaway typically) and...
New Year, Intentions, Goals, and Think Days

New Year, Intentions, Goals, and Think Days

I started writing this in the second half of January 2023. Really it should have been ready to post on 31 December. But I guess that is why one of my goals for this year is to begin writing more regularly again. Which was also a goal for 2022… and 2021… and 2020…...
Queen Elizabeth II and a Legacy of Tension

Queen Elizabeth II and a Legacy of Tension

Since Thursday 8 September, according to the news, the world has been turned upside down. The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has caused untold levels of sadness, grief and mourning across the country, and even the world. Or at least that is what the news...
Being socially anxious and overcoming it

Being socially anxious and overcoming it

This is an old post… as in from my last blog, which I closed down at the end of 2017 in order to launch Finding Chaya. So why revisit it now? Because once again I am finding myself moving to a city to be part of a large church where one service is double the...