Being involved at UHNM is always interesting, challenging, surprising and rewarding. I have recently learned that the Trust’s Induction for new staff from abroad now includes an introduction to the work of the SPaRC team with a tour of the Chaplaincy at RSUH. This, I believe, is a great step forward. A few of my...
The Christingle celebration went ahead last year 2021 albeit with fewer children. However the children made their Christingles and we talked about the meaning of them, it was lovely to see many of our past mums and toddlers. The toddlers of course being much bigger now than when they last attended the Monday morning group...
A dive into old copies of Christ Church Magazine gives an insight into 1920. Notes and Notices The Churchwardens have at length hit upon a means of stopping the draught at the bottom of the Church. They have put a temporary frame on each of the back pews, and when they found that material for...
Some readers will know I prefer gardening to housework, after all you can’t eat a nicely polished table, but a home-grown tomato is fabulous. However, when it comes to socks, I am meticulous. They must be in pairs! The only use I have for an odd sock is to make a glove puppet and there...
As I get older everything seems to take longer. It’s not easy to admit that one is slowing down....or is it slowing up? Both phrases refer to the same process, but perhaps it is better to speak of slowing up. Why should this be? Saying we are slowing up gives a more positive emphasis than...