Have you ever considered the importance of your hands? Without them, how would you touch, feel, grip, caress, hug and hold?Technically, a hand is simply made up of…
Sometimes I stumble across a “light through the cracks” story that is so moving it makes me weep.This is one such story.It features a woman who, when she…
Here in the UK, Covid restrictions are starting to ease, and it feels as though the end of the pandemic may soon be in sight. As a result,…
At the end of each month this year, I am writing a ‘thought for the month’. This one is October’s. You will find the others here.***The late Helen Keller…
At the end of each month this year, I am writing a ‘thought for the month’. This one is September’s. You will find the others here. ***When was the…
At the start of this year, I shared a moving light through the cracks ‘behind the news’ story from the BBC, which I had accidentally stumbled upon.It was set…
Sometimes I stumble upon a lightthroughthecracks story that would be hard to make up if you tried. One of those stories has recently been reported here and here.It…
The news, this week, has been dominated by headlines about the passing of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. There has been applause for the things he…
This is March’s ‘thought for the month’. (You can read February’s ‘thought for the month’ here, and January’s here, with the latter including an explanation about why I’m interspersing…
British people are living through their third national lockdown, since the global COVID-19 pandemic was declared ten months ago – and I am one of them.Despite this being…