Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Mother Teresa
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 19th 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
How we experience the world is intensely shaped by who and what surround us on a daily basis. Today that can include more virtual, social media friends than physical ones.
Quoted from the National Geographic Article ‘Are We as Awful as We Act Online?‘
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2018
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Ravello 2017
Christ on the Cross
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
John 14:20 (NIV)
The long tradition of coral carving on the Amalfi Coast is put in the spotlight at the Coral Museum in Ravello. Tucked away in an unassuming shop fronted by flower pots, the [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
A Window of Sunshine
Shortly after lunchtime the sun made a brief appearance so I grabbed my my camera and headed off to Buildwas Abbey. It is a perfect tranquil place to enjoy the sunshine.
As I a sat on a bench I was reminded of a previous visit when I was treated to the sounds of a Benedictine chant [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 2nd 2017
Filed under Holidays, Wells 2016
Fudgehenge
During my July visit to Salisbury I was rather taken with Roly’s Fudge Pantry’s presentation of Stonehenge. An article from the Salisbury Journal provided more information:
STONEHENGE has had a tasty makeover in time for National Fudge Day which takes place today [June 16, 2016].
Roly’s Fudge Pantry has unveiled what is dubbed as ‘Fudgehenge’ for the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2017
…looking back at the pond and the owl and the pussycat shown in the previous post.
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2016
