I increased my daily walk today from 4.2kms to 5.4kms unintentionally. On my walk, I decided to pop past the police station with a query. Due to being unable to get through to the Departments of Labour and the Unemployment Fund by telephone or email for about six weeks, I thought the best people to […]
Today’s note comes from someone who shared heavy news with us today. Due to lock down, the family’s breadwinner’s working hours and salary were reduced to 50% work/50% pay. You can imagine how serious this is to any family to run a budget on 50% income when the expenses are 100%. Yes, this is the […]
We needed to go to a few places today. The first stop was a pharmacy to collect Jen’s medication. The second was to a bank to sort out the passcode for the bank account. The third stop was to a fruit shop and lastly we went to a food shop. A nice, face mask, sanitized […]
When there is a marriage or an employment or a new friendship, there are expectations. With any new relationship, there are expectations that go something like this: “What do I expect from you? What will you put into this relationship?” In a Zoom session with our children in Naperville outside of Chicago last Saturday, Roy […]
Have you ever wondered how bad things could get without you doing anything to cause the “crisis” in your life, home and relationships? I want to share a sad story with you today. Jen and I spent time Skyping friends who are extremely distraught. They have been intentional Christians for the past 28 years. They […]
I went out for my walk just after 7 am this morning. In our street, there was a dad with his twin sons stretching before their run. On the walk, I saw a number of families cycling, walking and running. The cutest was a family of five–mother, father, two teeny boppers and a child around […]
The more I work my garden myself, the more I find little things that were either broken or overlooked or done incorrectly. The problem for me is more work to repair things. The tasks take longer because little things were either broken or overlooked or done incorrectly resulting in large problems in the future. This […]
I went out today, not because of what some are labelling “cabin fever”, but because I needed to have my glass’ frame adjusted. I needed to make an appointment. On the way out I decided to pop into Spar, which is right next door to the optician. I tried to walk in but the security […]
We have two cast iron skillets made in Taiwan. They are 8-inch and 10.5-inch in size. We also have a big, brand new wok pan. The skillets were passed on to us whilst we purchased the wok. None of these were ever used by us. Due to storage in an outside shed, these items became […]
As you are aware, Level 4 of lockdown, which started on Friday 1 May, gives us the right to go for runs and walks between 6am to 9am each day. Many have received this news with great passion and thanks. Over the last few weeks (and, to be true, since retiring at the end of […]