Recently I watched footage of a Syrian baby being rescued from intensive care during bombing raids on a hospital. I was horrified. The attack was brutal and the bravery of the medical rescue teams was remarkable. But, in the journey that followed, the wide eyed tiny baby was handled like an emergency package to be …
Hugging a Tree of Life
Today I have been hugging a tree. I was wandering round a small park in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and was 'accosted' by a beautiful old tree. Its trunk was clad in a brightly-coloured knitted waistcoat! There was a hand-embroidered message on the woolly ‘waistcoat’, “Please Feel Free to Hug Me” . How could I resist? I …