Let Faith be Your Guide
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...
Mind the Gap
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...
On the Wings of a Prayer
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...
‘One Big Family’ on World Book Day 2023
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,...
The Mad and Sad Age of Preposterousness
As we approach World Book Day, what we need is bullies to stop bullying and people with no emotional resilience to build some and learn to stop being affected by what other people think and say by understanding that a person’s nastiness is a reflection of their own...
Words Can Hurt and Words Can Heal
Today is the start of Anti-bullying Week (14th to 18th November 2022). Bullying has got out of hand. It’s spreading like a virus that society needs to wipe out before it destroys society. I was bullied at primary school and my older brother Martin was bullied...
Playground of Our Inspiration – Celebrating World Book Day 2022
Today, March 3rd, is World Book Day 2022. It's hard to believe a whole year has passed since we celebrated our love of books worldwide. It's a great time to think about your favourite books and authors and what makes them special to you. What are some...
Let’s Give the Message to the People We Meet
Today, 3rd December, we celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities, which was established by the United Nations in 1992 to create ‘diverse and accepting communities’. Imagine what could be achieved if everyone around the world worked together as...
Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st
March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, which has been marked officially by the United Nations since 2012, although it was first launched in 2006 by Singapore. The date of the 21st day of the third month of the year was chosen to represent the triplication (trisomy) of...