Thank you for visiting Sherlock’s Home.
This blog has been part of my life for a number of years but in more recent times I have neglected it a little. I am hoping to return to its rooms and shelter and hope to keep it updated regularly.
The door is open and you are all welcome to come in and stay a while!
Vincent
Twelfth Hour
It's 11.20 on Sunday evening. Just realised I'd not put any thought here for Lent. Had included one for...
Mother’s Day
Came across this tonight ... was searching for something for Mother's Day. I'd put these few lines together for my mother. Maybe they have a place here, especially for anyone reading this whose mother, like mine, has died. May they rest in peace. Sixteen years...
How’s Lent Going?
I was once asked to be executor of a will. The man who died hadn’t much to leave to anyone and his instructions were simple and to the point. He did however have a few requests around his burial. He wanted a very plain wooden coffin with no ornamentation. He also...
Retraced and re-placed
On Holy Ground On my last day in Donegal! Yesterday I visited again some of the sick and housebound in the parish. Fr Porter, Parish Priest, drove me to the houses and told me some of the local stories and pointed out items of interest as we travelled. One...
Any other day
I met a classmate for lunch today in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. "How old are you now?" he asked me and I heard myself say "fifty-five". Then he followed with "When will you be fifty-six?" I struggled with the answer for a few seconds and then said "This day twelve...
"Raised on songs and stories"
Much of my life has been shaped by songs and stories. I like words when they taie us to a better place. My wish is that this be a place for kind and meaningful words.
“That today, we would listen to his voice”