Category Archives: Life
Forgiveness and Philomena!
Today I saw the movie Philomena. A very special, funny, and moving experience. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone so I’ll hopefully not reveal too much of the plot. I loved this film but it raised difficult life dilemmas. One of … Continue reading
Grace!
Recently, I had lunch with five friends from my ‘Writers Group’. As a group of writers we discuss various issues, often related, sometimes unrelated to what one of us is writing about. Mostly we are novelists and so sometimes I think we seek to have discussions … Continue reading
The Line!
I like December. It seems to me that the end of the year marks a very definite ‘line in the sand’, a demarcation that slows us down and represents the end of something. For instance, the piles of papers on my … Continue reading
‘Fanny’s Christmas Pudding’
It happens every year. The diary fills up with special things to do and all of a sudden everything else that has mattered for the past eleven months becomes background activity and thinking. Well at least I have to admit … Continue reading
‘People Like Us!’
Recently, I was involved in a conversation with another person who used demeaning language about public housing tenants. The person in question referred to the government as ‘putting them’ in certain areas. As the flavour of the conversation continued, I wincingly objected, only to … Continue reading
‘Christmas Bug’
Yesterday, I went to our local shopping centre with a small shopping list of items. A couple of birthday cards, a particular book for a birthday present for a friend and envelopes. It’s November and I haven’t caught the ‘Christmas Bug’! But … Continue reading
Heather Whitford Roche 