There seems to be an awful lot in the news recently about fish and the sea—and I don’t just mean Brexit. From the anxieties of fishing disputes to the spiritual significance of all that moves in the waters, the images of fish and sea creatures, as well as pure...
Read Part 1 here. My diaries for 1980 to 1984 do mention some of the key early contributors, as there are occasional appointments and meetings regarding the hospice. Those early years, before it became an official charity in 1984, also note team meetings with the...
So much of my life—indeed of anyone’s life—is concerned with communication. It’s something, of course, which many of us have as the core of our work—from salesmanship, advertising, journalism, and the performance arts to my own specialty of psychiatry....
A good many years ago I was at a meditation conference and, as usual, browsing the book stall. I picked up The Gentle Art of Blessing by Pierre Pradervand. “Be careful if you’re thinking of buying that book!” said a man beside me, similarly browsing....
I may seem to have a particular interest in angels, though I hadn’t realised until I started to include them in the blog that this was so. I do not set out to offend anyone, so if my take on them, and indeed on all matters religious, is seemingly lighthearted to...
These two buildings were the headquarters for the child and adolescent service for Gwent. They were in the very attractive park-like grounds of St Cadoc’s Hospital in Caerleon. They had started with Pollards Well, built many years before as a private residence...
