For a long time I’ve seen Preston in all its dullness. The constant grey. The regular rain. How that all combines in the city leaving this depressing feel to it. But, today, walking to Morrisons on the docks this afternoon gave me time to reflect and think about this city I call home.
Category: Opinion
Opinion pieces.
Kind Words vs Trash Talk
Dear Internet Users, I’m writing this letter today to show you an example of the good things you can do. So often, you choose to lurk in the dark corners of this place and choose to strike out at unsuspecting victims, like a playful cat with their claws out. I’m appealing to your sense of…
Taking God AND His Word
God is going through a period of challenging me on pretty much everything right now, and yesterday it was His Word. Literally – the Bible, more specifically, the Old Testament. My view has always been that the Old Testsment has some great stuff in it, but it’s too complicated to actually read. I’ve always thought…
Song Defining Moment
Have you ever had your weird Spotify playlist – you know the one I mean, the one that’s so eclectic, it astounds even you – on shuffle, and wondered “If one song could define you, what would it be?” I have. I wonder it quite a lot. I listen to music quite a lot. And…
My Biggest Mistake of 2014
2014 was an excellent year. Lots of really great things happened for me last year, but they have been overshadowed by this one big mistake I made. At the end of 2013, I heard lots of people talking through their resolutions and saying what they had and hadn’t achieved. Then I heard that people had…
Living in the Shadow of the Almighty
I grew up in a musical environment. Not the traditional sense of a musical environment; mine and my sister’s early lives contained a lot of music, of all different genres and varieties – there always seemed to be music playing. I’ve always loved listening to music, and going to concerts, and I spend a lot…
Short Skirts and Tight Tops
I just stumbled across an article about a head teacher in the Isle of Wight who has introduced a school rule of “skirts no shorter than knee length“. It appears he also had words with his female staff about the tightness of their tops. He’s by no means sexist… Dr Rory Fox simply explains that…
100 Happy Things: Revisited
Last week, I posted a challenge for myself. To find one happy thing per day and to keep track of them. So I’ve kept a diary of my week and picked one happy thing per day. Hope you enjoy!
Sometimes it is too late
Today, my old housemate messaged me. She recently moved to England with her husband and son and it seems she is finally settled. Her husband is in the army, and he was being sent overseas, but now he has a job at home and she has her family complete and whole. With that in mind,…
Amy and Ellen 