Category: God’s handiwork
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cuplets
I am sitting in the Ministers’* Office at our church. In the corner is a little pile of cuplets (officially known as ‘castor cups’) – the little cups you put under the feet of chairs in order to stop them sinking into the carpet and leaving marks. They sit there as a reminder that a…
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waiting
I am currently very frustrated. Microsoft has kindly sent me some updates for programs on my computer. That is very thoughtful of them. However the process of updating requires a restart of my computer and it has so far taken the best part of an hour to install the updates and it has been working…
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labelled
So… what sort of person are you? There are all sorts of ways in which we categorise people. We paste labels onto each other like we are tagging photos on Facebook. “Happy” “Grumpy” “Cool” “Geek” “Clever” “Daft” “Not a morning person” (me at the moment!) …and so on. You know what I am talking about.…
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Look what I made
F’dum Verb: to raise the spring-loaded footrest on a sofa or armchair (onomatopoeic) Waclumph Verb: to lower the spring-loaded footrest on a sofa or armchair (also onomatopoeic) You heard it here first. Well actually you read it here first. I have invented two new words that one day I hope will make it into the…