Sheila Bridge Blog
We are all told these days that we should be 'listening to our bodies' and what is usually meant by that is that we should become aware of the signals our bodies give us when we are under stress or over tired. The idea is that when you are not giving a voice to how you are... Continue Reading →
I have just 'reclaimed my life' from the loft and found two things of very great value to me that I thought had been lost. These are the last two lost items that I feared had inadvertently gone to the tip when we moved last December. My joy and my house now feels complete! (See... Continue Reading →
I am feeling smug... and stuffed...and exhausted. Out of those three feelings, smug is the best feeling so I'm trying to focus on that one. The other two are self -inflicted. I'm exhausted because before 8 am this morning I had done an hour and half of weeding in the front and back gardens, then... Continue Reading →
At the start of this week my Lectionary (it's a set of readings for the Anglican church) told me we were now in 'ordinary time'. This means we are not in a period of the church year leading up to a major festival such as Christmas, Easter or Pentecost (which was last Sunday). So we... Continue Reading →
Brilliant! One of the best books I have read in a long time. Reading just such a book is what a holiday is for. And like a good holiday I didn't want it to end and, in a way, it didn't! The story is built on the idea that the central character Ursula, was given... Continue Reading →
The blog post below was written in early March 2014 . It was the start of Lent and I'd been ill for a month. Little did I know then but I'd still be ill for another month. In early April I went back to work. By mid April (just before Holy Week) I went back... Continue Reading →
When I was a teenager I frequently reminded my infuriated parents that 'tidiness' was not a fruit of the Spirit. (Yes, I did indeed grow up in the kind of household where Biblical references could be used as ammunition in any argument). Today I re-read Galatians 5 and was struck by another character quality that... Continue Reading →
but it is better than a chocolate... because you can eat it more than once. Prayer by Carol Ann Duffy is my current favourite. (You can find it out there in the blog world in plenty of places so I will signpost you to it but I'm not sure where I stand on reproducing it... Continue Reading →
I've been really poorly for about 2 weeks and for about 6 days during that time I had no voice. Keeping silent and staying in bed gave me far too much time to think and worry (bad) and lots of time to read (good). I've blogged about the first of two books I read and... Continue Reading →
Wow! This is such a brilliant book. It was so good, I didn't want it to end. It was joyful, desperately sad (yes, I cried), realistic, hopeful without being twee and incredibly well written. A debut novel, Booker-prize listed. It's the story of Harold, who 6 months after his retirement hears that someone he worked... Continue Reading →
