Every second is a Life!

Can I recommend this book to you:

The Vicar of Baghdad, by The Revd Andrew White.

I could not put it down

I'll say no more, other than to say, try this web site;

www.lochaberhighlandestates.com

Best Wishes

Lord Akerman

My local library was having a sale of books this week, and for those of you who know my love of Jewish wit and humour will appreciate the fact that I just had to buy "To Life! A treasury of Jewish Wisdom, Wit and Humour. compiled and illustrated by Topol" I'll just give you a taste of a couple, and if there is a demand, I might share a few more with you. It must the Jewish blood in me, I only had to pay 10p for the book!!!

Maureen Lipman tells the tale of:

A young Jewish actor phones home: "Mama, Mama, I'm so excited. I've got the part! I'm playing the husband!" Mama replies: "So you couldn't get a speaking part?"

and just one more before bed . . . .

Sammy Davis Jnr was asked what his handicap was, he replied, "I'm a coloured, one-eyed Jew - do I need anything else?"

Shalom and Good Night

Can I please recommend this web site to you (www.practicalaction.org) The founder of the charity, the economist Dr Fritz Schumacher, said "to talk about the future is only useful if it leads to action now".

Practical Action work with local communities to generate a long-term sustainable future.

So those are some of the notes of the back of one of their leaflets, but what I wanted to say, is that it would appear that you can buy a gift for a friend or loved one, and I don't suppose it has to be a Christmas or Birthday gift, you could give at anytime of the year!.

I loved some of the ideas, here is just a few; Chicken Tractors (you'll have to get the leaflet to work out what that is!) Fluffy Ducks, Alpaca's,Tiny Trees and seeds,Flood Siren and many more.

I certainly will be keeping my leaflet to hand to sort out some gifts for Christmas, you know, the friends, who you just can't think of a gift for.

This is not an advert for the charity, I just thought it was a very good idea to let you know about the gifts.

It seems a very strange time of the evening to be offering a prayer after a meal, but I have just finished my evening meal (2336hrs), but thought I would share this Grace with you. I find that I can use it at any time and in some moving moments for instance, today I used part of it in a job application..

We have eaten and been satisfied, may we not be blind to the needs of others, nor deaf to their cry for food.

Open our eyes and our hearts, so that we may share your gifts and help remove hunger and want from our world. Amen

If anyone has a favourite prayer, I would welcome it