Linda bathed three times a week Her bathroom had been designed by a Swedish architect To resemble a Stockholm metro station Her husband Peter was a chemist by trade And had designed each of the household soaps The soaps used in the bathroom were celandine yellow Linda loved the texture of these soaps But considered…

For a few short days each year Cherry Blossom covers the nearby hills Its is very beautiful and soft to the touch I can see it from my railway carriage As I travel towards the humming city

We paid a farewell visit to June Canal yesterday as we were leaving our remote rural home She was as cool as I had expected and was relaxing in the sun when we arrived Our journey had been tiring and we had sheltered under the sleepy tow path trees I thought of this as I sipped…

June Canal had lived in her lock side house all her life Her kindness was legendary The creatures in the nearby corn fields Often visited her beautiful garden To enjoy her gentle hospitality But unlike us they had no dreams of leaving

Whilst living on a kibbutz in the 1970s I was slightly injured in a bombing The insurgents was all captured or killed but my injuries although slight Enabled me to see things almost microscopically which is a gift I can see the smallest of creatures and often look at tree trunks for entertainment But it…

Mary Magdalene   Mary Magdalene wept for eleven years    This is disputed by some    But I believe this simple fact to be true  

Leaf   Stop my friends and take a simple leaf in your hand    Study it closely    The leaf you hold is at once far more complicated than you can ever imagine    It was created by your father 

Teresa of Avila    I could meditate for hours on the opening two words of The Lords Prayer  Our Father  Oh how beautiful those simple words are 

Today will be the warmest day of the year so far The sky is clear the sun raw and there is not a hint of a cooling breeze For some reason no narrow boats have passed us in either direction Perhaps a lock is under repair or there are navigation problems on the canal But…

An aging actress who is still very beautiful Loads clips of my life on to her Instagram account I never returned to England after the duel And still receive my annuity of five hundred guineas a year Even though Bullingdon is long gone and forgotten When I am in Calais I often think of Lady Lyndon In her…