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Thanks for the memories

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Picture of Abby RhodesMy family would tell you that I have a long memory. I remember dates and numbers quite clearly – something passed down in my genes, I think. For the most part, being able to remember things like birthdays and anniversaries is an absolute blessing in lots of practical ways.

But it can also be a strange way to walk through the year: I don’t just remember the good dates and the happy stuff but also remember the days when things weren’t quite so good. And, of course, we now have things like Facebook memories to help me, even if I have tried to suppress an uncomfortable date!

A memory popped up this week which reminded me that this weekend marks 10 years since [Read more…] about Thanks for the memories

A new normal?

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Picture of Abby RhodesI have been watching some of this week’s coverage of the events around the 75th anniversary of VE Day and have been struck by the very clear memories of those who served in World War II and lived during that time. Even those who were very young can still remember the change in atmosphere as the end of hostilities in Europe was announced. [Read more…] about A new normal?

Comfort in the Familiar

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There’s something comforting about familiarity, isn’t there?

This last week has seen us trying settle into a kind of new ‘normal’ in the Rhodes house, after the adrenaline rush of the previous fortnight, where each day brought something new to tackle. Two of us are working from home pretty much full-time and Mike is working slightly unusual shifts, all of which means we are having to learn how to pace ourselves sensibly without the normal patterns of our week to help us. [Read more…] about Comfort in the Familiar

Real Choices

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I love historic places. I love how feeling the geography – distances, climate, landscape – makes history feel very real. 

A year ago, I visited the Holy Land and it transformed my whole perception of the Bible. Exotic-sounding names I knew from the Old and New Testaments were suddenly real places.  

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