Newsletters & Blogs
- 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Hello Everyone I have been told that all that religious stuff is irrelevant today, out of date and of no consequence in real life.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