This morning I recorded another episode of 'Writers from the Vault' for 2RPH. Number 67. It was difficult to get motivated, given the circumstances, but I got through it without too much trouble.

It's important to keep doing things that are worthwhile when you feel sad. There are obvious psychological benefits, but in my case, the things I do for the station go out to people with sight impairment who cannot access printed material. I can't afford the luxury of indulging my feelings when others are relying upon me and the many volunteers at 2RPH on a daily basis.

Today's 30 minute program included poems by R.S. Thomas and Amy Lowell, an extract from a gothic horror novel called The Beetle, a feature by TNS writer Tracey Thorn, a short narrative from a 1927 edition of The New Yorker, a monologue from the Spanish playwright Gregorio Martinez Sierra and a book review. It's a mix of things, like all my episodes, to keep people listening for half an hour. Something for the ears and the mind. To pass the time.

But it is only God's Grace that keeps me going. My prayers are not in vain, I know, though His Will is hard to discern.

'For now we see though a glass, darkly; but then, face to face.'  1 Cor.13:12