Summer morning come heat on the wine-field and the lizards crinkle understone. In olive groves cicadas chirr and the blunt lion-gate lies open to the…
I am 83 and intend to start a debate about how we oldies ought to manage. We have been dealt a double whammy by fate. For some 800,000 years of man we had several advantages…
Why are most of our major political parties so devoted to Trident, the nuclear-powered submarine that can be within devastation distance of any city in the world without anyone…
I have walked the labyrinth at Woodbrooke many times: it always teaches me something about my life and myself. I have vivid memories of my first encounter with it and the panic of…
Daisy comes to Meeting, greets us as she enters with a throaty wruff, lifts her big body round to nose each person, fur softer than silk, eyes wet with doggy love. We sit in our…
Quakers have been less than successful in growing their Meetings. Membership is steadily declining. However, modern communications may help. When our Local Meeting in Barnt Green…
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