You may remember that we introduced you to Lacey recently and kept you updated on her progress through training.

In this beautiful and meditative book, the author tells his story and explores what moles, and a life in nature, can tell us about our own humanity and our search for contentment.

We have introduced you to Rochelle in a previous edition of the newsletter. Here’s something she put together with her daughter in mind. But it is good advice for anyone, particularly teenagers glued to their mobile phones.

I thought it would be interesting to post a list of the 100 best films of all time as voted for on the IMDB. How many of these films have you watched?

As you all would know it was Halloween last week and it reminded me of a poem by the American poet Hughes Mearn.

We consider ourselves very lucky to know Judy. Lisa and I popped around for a cup of tea and a chat about her very eventful life.

Joyce is one of our newer clients and is a very erudite lady. I have had a couple of very enlightening conversations with her regarding novels and poetry.

When Kerry was undertaking her Nutrition Pathway she came up with this to describe her feelings about dementia. We think it’s rather good.

This week’s poem was chosen by Joyce. Joyce has had a love of literature and poetry for all of her life. She has picked a poem by Thomas Hardy. She is among those who believe that Hardy’s poetry is superior to his novels for which, of course, he is more famous.

We thought it was time to include a love poem, and it’s a love poem with a very famous first line. We hope you enjoy.

Lisa and I popped over for a Ron last Thursday morning. He told us a little about his life-long career as a florist.

As promised last week, today’s poem has been composed by a member of our staff. She wishes to remain anonymous for the time being. We hope you enjoy.

We put a huge emphasis on the importance of training here at Wilnash Care.