According to some traditions, we are linked to the ancient past by young wheat, which in the Advent period represents the awakening of all n...

After another trawl through the iTunes store and my music library here are some suggestions of music for Advent. Christmas music to come lat...

Advent calendar - bought Chocolates for Advent calendar - bought Advent candle ring - found Jesse tree decorations - found Blog template - t...

In honour of my name saint ... a day late, but hopefully of use next year! A Few Facts Timeline: died c.305 at Alexandria, Egypt Feast day: ...

One minor frustration since Angel and I became iPod owners is that we couldn't find a way to convert DVDs to MP4 files so that we could ...

For Monday 17th November Outside My Window ... grey and damp, with bare tree branches. I am thinking ... that it would be fun to experienc...

In response to overwhelming demand (from one commenter!) to hear about previous ideas we had used for Christmas newsletters, and not wishing...

Joining in with Jennifer's seven quick takes again ... -- 1 -- This week I had a moment of awareness when I stopped to truly appreciate...

Today I took advantage of the weather - dry and not too cold - to use my membership pass and take Little Cherub to Whipsnade Zoo. Unusually ...

I have been finding it difficult to get Little Cherub to engage with a prayer time in the morning, beyond playing with anything I have set o...

For Monday 17th November Outside My Window ... late autumn. Many trees almost bare, some still with old yellow leaves falling. I am thinki...

I spent some time last night trawling through iTunes looking for seasonal music. Even though we are already half way through November, I...

I just discovered Google Trends where you can see graphs of the popularity of search terms. This site should only be visited by trivia lovi...

I love this idea from Jennifer at Conversion Diary of posting seven quick takes ... snippets and half-thoughts that don't quite merit ...

The bottom shelf of my children's history collection (non-fiction - historical fiction is somewhere else entirely) ... an eclectic mix h...

Little Cherub likes to count. She has got the idea of one-to-one correspondence and can count quite accurately except for one problem. She h...

For Monday 10th November Outside My Window ... trees and houses silhouetted against a sky that is just beginning to lighten. I am thinking ...

Today is Remembrance Sunday - the nearest Sunday to November 11th (Armistice Day, when the First World War ended) and the day on which Brita...

... to let off fireworks in honour of the failure of Guy Fawkes' dastardly plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Should Cath...

I'm an election night enthusiast. I don't usually make it all through the night, but for UK elections I always stay up until the ear...