What kind of year was 2021 for me? Interesting, intriguing, fascinating, thrilling, challenging and unexpected would be some of the words to make a start in describing the year. Key developments have taken place in the lives of my daughters and it has been such a blessing to observe their progress in life. My wife […]
Read More Dryden Update: In Line With His WillWhen the nights get longer and the winter chill starts to set in during the month of November, it’s a great pleasure to be able to turn on the heating and appreciate the warmth. Now that November is over and the final month of the year begins, those feelings of being inside in the warmth […]
Read More Dryden Update: Learning To LeanSo, this is November. You come across this month and you’re facing the tail end of the year. Not quite time to get all reflective on how things have gone. But it is time to start feeling things getting colder and time to wrap up and conserve as much energy as you can. Of course, […]
Read More Dryden Update: Grateful for Mercies Of All SizesYou’ve got to be patient, Mr Dryden. These things take time. Those words are not ones that I would have heard mentioned to my Dad. Chiefly because my Dad was not rushing any process he was in. He was in a position in life where he knew things would not always turn around immediately. He […]
Read More Dryden Update: Fruit Will Come – Being PatientIt is September. Here in England, the football season is up and running and the academic season is about to get going for most children and young children. There were some significant changes in my life over June and July, which left August as a month of adjustment. It’s fitting that after the adjustments in […]
Read More Dryden Update: New Season Early ThoughtsMy Dad enjoyed his allotment. My Mum enjoyed cooking. I know they enjoyed these things because when I have an image in my head of what they enjoyed doing those activities spring effortlessly to mind. It would be interesting to see what my daughters would say their parents enjoy doing. What I do know is […]
Read More Dryden Update: Review and PreviewHello. My name is Christopher. I am the one who puts words on this blog. Most of the time. Among other things, I love food in good company. I am thankful for February because there were a lot of highlights of enjoying food in good company. A lot of the time, though, that food was […]
Read More Dryden Update: Fellowship, Feasts and Going Forward from FebruaryIt is a delight to blog. The platform to put words together and share them with those who have access is brilliant. I love the writing thing and blogging is a tremendous platform for that. 2020 has been a particularly busy year for blogging and it’s been great to be able to show the writing […]
Read More Keep on Going: A Dryden UpdateSomething gives me the impression tht this might be the first Dryden Update of the year. Yeah, that’s right, the last Dryden Update was way back in November 2019. Since then developments have included various weather conditions that have been fascinating to observe; a few meetings about a couple of projects slowly bubbling under the […]
Read More Marching To The Beat: A Dryden UpdateOn Friday 11th October 2019, my Dad breathed his last breath. It’s the first time a member of my immediate family has fallen asleep in this way. It’s a sobering time of reflecting on what Dad meant to me and coming to grips with life after he’s gone. The massive consolation is hte knowledge that […]
Read More Goodnight Dad – A Dryden Update
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