Category: Pastoral letters

The summer holidays are gone, and the ‘summer’ never really made an appearance. A good day here, a good day […]

‘What did you teach?‘ is a question that I am often asked, when people find out that I was a […]

“You can tell a manse garden a mile away.” This was a comment made by a colleague and a friend […]

Having worked in the Retail Trade in a previous life, how supermarkets interact and attract their customers always intrigues me, […]

‘Where did you go on your break?’ The expectation, of course, was Italy, or at least somewhere warm, which wouldn’t […]

‘It’s always been…’ A phrase common to Scotland. ‘It’s always been like that, so why should it be changed? A […]

The radio is on in the car……and even although it is still November, Christmas songs blare out. To be honest, […]

‘You are on mute,’ is a regular expression of exasperation on zoom calls. It can be rectified, of course, by […]