Mary Wilkinson

During the last few months amongst other national changes, we’ve started to use words and phrases that we’ve never used before and as is so often the case, under closer examination they don’t mean a lot. I’m an introvert. I don’t ‘socially distance’, I just like time on my own. The first little Piggy went […]

‘It’s only us mum.’  ‘How did you get in son?’  ‘There is a keybox outside your door, we insert the code and use the key that’s in it.’  ‘Oh well, I’m glad you’re here, I haven’t seen a soul for ages and I’m desperate for a cup of tea.’  ‘Jen and I will get the […]

For well over a hundred years, radio has played an important part in international, national and private lives journaling every part of our history. From a personal point of view the radio has become the friend in the corner who is always there! The BBC has been there to inform, encourage and support during times […]

Our current situation with Covid -19 raises many fears and anxieties about our future and that for our friends and families. We are concerned about the impact of the virus itself but also what it means to us as a society in making decisions about what activities we can do, how care and resources will […]

Rather than the statutory one hour’s walk I decided to work in the garden instead on this particular day. It was chilly and overcast, but somewhere in the ambience of the air, spring was making its presence felt. The cherry tree was full of tiny buds ready to spring open at the merest hint of […]

We are living in strange times. I feel as if my life is suddenly discombobulated, my normal rituals and patterns of living are no more. Life is stripped back to a simpler time when the procurement and cooking of food takes on a greater meaning, there is time to chat or write to friends and […]

As I take my exercise walk around the almost deserted streets of Haddington I cannot help but notice the pictures of rainbows, often drawn by children, and put up in the windows of people’s houses. The sight of them makes me smile. The drawings are cheery and they remind me of the wonders of the […]

It is some years now since we cleared my mother’s house, this was necessitated by her entry to a nursing home due to her deteriorating health. The process produced lots of laughter as family members carefully sifted her cherished belongings. I remember her sitting on a chair in the kitchen instructing which box items should […]

I am writing as the Coordinator of the Community Chaplaincy Listening Service in NHS Fife. This is a national programme run across all health boards in Scotland delivered by Spiritual Care Departments, as a means of offering Spiritual Care in Primary Health Care settings in the local community. Do you need to talk? Are things […]

Forth Valley Sensory Centre is a unique place that has been helping people with sight and hearing loss across the Forth Valley region since 2006. The first place of its type in the UK, the Centre brings together deaf and blind people for groups, activities and support. It is also a place where friends and […]