by Esther | Mar 21, 2024 | blog
The theme for World Down Syndrome Day 2024 is “End the Stereotypes”. It’s in our human nature to judge and pigeonhole people. We may do so based on many things including a person’s appearance, behaviour, habits, possessions, fashion style or social status. All too...
by Esther | Oct 15, 2023 | blog
I always knew this trip would be special, was destined and divine timing would play its part. Finally, I landed in Carcassone in southern France, with my family, disembarking the plane to be hit by a 36 degree heatwave on 18th July 2023. My original trip departure had...
by Esther | Sep 29, 2023 | blog
If you read The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, you may well understand the tragedy and crime of the gross act of vandalism by a man wantonly felling the Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland recently. Scientific investigations have proved...
by Esther | Jul 10, 2023 | blog
Recently, I was blessed with my first opportunity to hold a tiny wren. The Celts associate wrens with creatives including writers, poets, artists and musicians. This brought a smile to my face as my attention was drawn to the wren outside my patio window just as I was...
by Esther | Mar 9, 2023 | blog
For World Book Day 2023 I was invited as guest author to a few schools and childcare facilities in Fermanagh to read ‘A little bit EXTRAORDINARY’. I felt very welcome everywhere I visited. I loved meeting so many children and having the opportunity to chat with them,...