Category Archives: News
- 1-2-2026
February Newsletter – Balance
Hello Everyone As the nursery rhyme goes…..”Rain, rain go away, come again another day.” Unfortunately, it does just that, again and again and again. We haven’t been plagued by the storms here in the valley. Yes there have been some branches blown down, but we have experienced nothing like that the rest of Cornwall suffered. Continue Reading
- 1-1-2026
January Newsletter – New Beginnings
Hi Everybody A time to look back and a time to look forwards – the traditional time of reflection and New Resolutions. As some of you realise, next year there are going to be a few changes. After 44 years of being the Administrator of the Charity I am stepping down. I cannot continue clambering Continue Reading
- 1-12-2025
December Newsletter – Happiness
Hello everyone. Over the last few weeks, I have had several conversations with clients and friends about happiness. There is a consensus of opinion that, like every emotion, it is something that cannot be sustained indefinitely. It is transient at best. Hopelessly fleeting in most cases. The pursuit of happiness is a different matter. It Continue Reading
- 1-11-2025
November Newsletter – those dratted gremlins
Hi Everyone It’s that time of year again when those dratted gremlins appear from their slumber. I guess it is understandable, but it is also a blessed nuisance, and it always involves the waterwheel and hydro system. As I said, it is understandable, for during the summer months, even thought it might be a bad Continue Reading
- 1-10-2025
October Newsletter – signs
Hello Everyone Ever since there have been people there have been people who wanted to know the future, and sometimes for the most laudable reasons. It isn’t always ‘fortune telling’, but it is nearly always a matter of looking for ‘signs’. Some signs are well and truly grounded in science, such as weather predictions. We Continue Reading
- 1-9-2025
September’s Newsletter – Respect
Hello Everyone I have been told that all that religious stuff is irrelevant today, out of date and of no consequence in real life. Obviously I cannot agree! From time to time, in the counselling room, it is pertinent to ask what the Client understands by ‘self-love’. Some people think it is a variation of Continue Reading
- 1-8-2025
August Newsletter – Lamenting Lammas
Hello Everyone As I once explained a few years back, Lammas is one of the old-fashioned Lady Days (Quarter days) of Accounting but is the far older festival of First Fruits in the Old Religion, the first crops harvested of Autumn. It was a major festival but after almost being forgotten is only beginning to Continue Reading
- 1-7-2025
July Newsletter – Sod’s Law
Hello Everyone I am sure that you have all experienced Sod’s Law at some time or other, but who was Sod, and is it truly a Law? Well, despite research, it would appear that there is no person called ‘Sod’, and the name is just used in British English and is believed to stem from Continue Reading
- 2-6-2025
June Newsletter – Not Again!
Hello Everyone Everything seems to be going so well – and then! Not Again! The waterwheel is a central part of life here at the Mill. It is our main power source and a symbol of independence, a part of the ethos of the Charity, but as you can see from the photos, the coupling Continue Reading
- 1-5-2025
May Newsletter – Good Grief
Hello Everyone It may sound a bit strange to write in such a sombre fashion on a day like today. The sounds of bird song, the fresh smell of grass cut, gentle breeze and warmth all around, made my heart sing. But it was the very fact of good weather and the beauty of nature Continue Reading