September
September: Bobby’s Favourite Month. Bertie…….. September has always been Bobby’s favourite month of the year. For many reasons, to be shared with you this September over the next couple of weeks. It is a month of change. Summer drawing to a close. The promise of autumn and winter to come. A time when our wildlife…
Dreaming
I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we are in each other’s dreams we can be together all the time. Winnie the Pooh HRH the Countess of Wessex’s dream is an important one. She seeks to protect children from the many dangers that they now face via the…
Frank Mansell
Frank Mansell. It’s the twenty-third of August 2016. Bobby and I are sitting at the Laurie Lee bar in the Woolpack pub at Slad in Gloucestershire. Him talking to anyone who will listen. Me thinking about Frank Mansell. A poet and close friend of Diddley’s. She grew up and went to her first school in…
Dream Island
“Dream Island” Do you have a special place? Somewhere away from home that transcends all others. Somewhere that despite the wonders of the world you may have seen always draws you back. Time after time. Year after year. A place where whatever the weather, the season, or your circumstances seems to hold out a welcome…
Welcome to Mindfully Bertie
This is a preview of what is to come and, hopefully, amuse you. A smile is all I ask of you. My name is Bertie. I am a teddy bear. I do think a lot as many bears do and have done in the past. Some far more famous than I. My best friend is…