Steph's Adventures

I am hesitant to speak too soon, but it seems the Rwanda plan, which has dominated my life in recent weeks, in terms of time, energy and hea...

Following on from my two previous posts, I knew I wanted to write something about, in the midst of all of the stuff, how we, or at least I, ...

It is perhaps somewhat ironic that just 24 hours after writing my previous post , I was catapulted into what was, even by my standards, an e...

It is hardly news to say that I have thrown myself whole heartedly into the good, the bad and the ugly of the migration sector and, specific...

A few weeks ago I did a pottery wheel taster class at a small studio in the Jewellery Quarter.  I learned quite a lot, including that using ...

At the Northern Leg reunion, back in the autumn, the theme we agreed to explore through our liturgy this year was something to do with what...

This week I finally received a refund cheque from the company who supplied the energy to the flat where I lived prior to moving here. It is ...

 Earlier this week, not for the first time, an MP said that there are "no-go areas" in Birmingham. He was, rightly, quickly condem...

I was asked recently (actually, not very recently, I started writing this ages ago, but it's Lent so perhaps now is a reasonable moment ...

As I said in this post , I have written a Christmas poem every year for many, many years. And then there was this year, when I didn't. I...

A few years ago I was introduced to the Epiphany tradition of house blessing. I can't remember who it was I heard about it from, but I r...

Several days ago, someone said to me that they thought it was "too late to say Merry Christmas" ... I, on the other hand, while I ...

Last year, I started keeping a list of the books I had read . The list continues:   No Friend but the Mountains - Behrouz Boochani Birmingha...

I am not sure yet whether there will be a new poem for Christmas 2023. There isn't yet, but if it happens in the next few days, it would...