French and lovin’ it…

I’ve been thinking for a few days now about what exactly to say, having spent another few days away in Bergerac, SW France I found myself overwhelmed by the hospitality, the welcome and the generally positive attitude of the people I met and spent time with. Above all it was great fun, my [...]

Return of the wanderer (wonderer?)

Yes, we are back from our holidays, three whole weeks in gorgeous Dordogne, South West France. My Franglais just about managed to get the message across when it came to such essentials as ‘where is the toilet?’, ‘a large black coffee please’, ‘may i have the menu?’ and ‘a beer, please’. I [...]

What a weekend

The reason I’ve been AWOL over the past few days is because so much has been going on! On Friday we celebrated my baby sister’s graduation, as she received her degree from Cambridge University, followed by a nice lunchy thing with my mum and my other two younger siblings. Its the first time [...]

interview meme

Eric, from erichasissues, has provided me with a five question interview which I am to give answers for. It’s my own fault for asking for them!
The idea is, if you want a go at this meme, to ask me to send you five questions to be answered on your blog – that’s it. [...]

Blog talkers returns

Been busy for a few weeks, but thought I would take up the mantle again!
This Week’s blog talkers discussion starter:

Tell us …
What are your opinions on the subject of giving personal information out in your blog entries? Do you use the real names of the people you blog about? Have you ever had a bad [...]

A quandry

Lovely wife has expressed unhappiness at me posting pictures of our young folk on the internet, so I have removed those postings. Sorry.

Having a good weekend?

I don’t know what you have planned for your weekend (rather an obvious statement, as most people who read this blog are half a world away) but I hope it’s a good ‘un.
This is one of those weekends where being a minister really cuts into family time. In the UK it is Mothering Sunday [...]

Back and blogging

Not likely to be a long post, due to things to plan for tomorrow. Maybe when planning is finished I’ll write some more.
Thanks for sticking with me over the past few ropey days! When I blogged last night I felt rather like i was at the end of my resources so didn’t really say [...]

a word of explanation

Apart from busy-ness i have had good and bad reasons for not blogging over the past few days…
Good reason — my birthday on Weds meant that the evening which i might have used to blog in, was used in a nice meal out with wife and a couple of friends. Thanks Jem for birthday [...]

It’s OK, we’ve got both ends covered

Got up this morning to discover that our little two year old man had been sick in the night, so having run a bath for him and got wifely person to sort him out I found myself turning up very last minute to Church at 8.30am (though the service started on time, which i am [...]