Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires

I have thoroughly enjoyed the 5 years we have lived in the English countryside, in Garsington. One of my favourite novels (if it can be called a novel) Naipaul's "The Enigma of Arrival" deals with a similar idyll. "Naipaul's 19th book yields its … [Continue reading]

Sundays! Oh the immense relief of a day in which one doesn't have to do anything, achieve anything, write a book, make a fortune, bake a cake! A day to do nothing but rest and be! To remember that incredibly God enjoys us just as we are. The … [Continue reading]

Well, here was a magical moment. I looked into the hutch and said, "There's a baby rabbit there!" Roy and Zoe denied it, but at last saw a little sweet black rabbit. We looked into the nest, and there were three more. So that was why fat little … [Continue reading]

Yay, Zoe and Irene have grown up!! We overheard them argue this morning, "Zoe, you can have the bigger bit of the sweetie." "No, Irene, you can have the bigger bit of the sweetie." Irene scolds us when we go to Zoe's favourite restaurants when she's … [Continue reading]