I don’t know about you but my knowledge of shepherding is next to nothing. The last time I came across a flock of sheep was in 1 BC (before Covid) when I was walking in the hills. The encounter was literally fleeting as the sheep ran away at the very sight of me. Based on my superficial knowledge of sheep…

Have you ever flown a plane? I’m not asking whether you have ever been a passenger on a plane; that would be quite a daft question as over the last couple of decades air travel has become almost as common as any other means of travel. Have you ever piloted a plane? I have. Flying has been one of my…

A powerful artefact grants its owner special powers. That’s one of the most common themes in books, films and video games. The Lord of the Rings, the Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean, many video games… to list just a few. This cliche should be tired by its extensive use, avoided at all cost by publishers and media producers.…

I am my mother’s favourite child. It’s a bold statement but I know with a hundred per cent certainty that it is true. How can I be so sure? Plain and simple: I am her only child. And – to be honest – that fact aside I wouldn’t know it. For most of my life spent in the family home,…

When children draw a rainbow, it’s usually a part of a feel-good picture, pretty often with the sun being part of it. Several times I’ve seen the sun put centrally under the rainbow’s arc. It shows how deeply positive is the perception of the rainbow in our human culture; how we associate it with hope and happiness. But those children’s…