blethers

"Blether - n. foolish chatter. - v.intr. chatter foolishly [ME blather, f. ON blathra talk nonsense f. blathr nonsense]" - Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Monday, October 29, 2007

8+1 = music!

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8+1 Originally uploaded by goforchris . This extremely cheerful bunch of people is the singing group 8+1 - so called because eight wom...
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Sunday, October 28, 2007

SL revelling

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Wey hey! I've just been to a party - danced like a lunatic for much longer than I normally have the legs for, looked a million dollars, ...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Re-engaging the brain

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Feeling slightly recovered from the malaise of the past four days, I felt up to opening my new book . ( I must just add, however, that it i...
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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Left holding the baby

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One of the good things I did over my long weekend away was to attend a lecture in Edinburgh by Jack Spong , radical American bishop and the...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Devilish good read

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Having been deblogged by a weekend in a monastery (again) and a dreaded lurgie, I feel I have so much to catch up on that I'll start wit...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Stuck in the mud

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This is the record of a late afternoon walk we should never have taken. This is what happens when you find a new forestry road where no road...
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Monday, October 15, 2007

Thinking about language

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I'm currently putting together material for a workshop on Poetry and Prayer. I've had my wrist cyber-slapped for insisting on the cl...
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Saturday, October 13, 2007

Sourdough bread

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Sourdough bread Originally uploaded by goforchris . Many, many years ago, when all the world was young, I was inspired to make my own bre...
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Friday, October 12, 2007

Virtual Christians

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As I write this, I’m listening to a sermon. On a Friday, and on my laptop. It’s about the church and the possibilities of using new technolo...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Darling? I don't think so

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Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer - now, of course, Our Great Leader - more to vent my spleen ab...
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Monday, October 08, 2007

Toe right

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After all this hi-faluting stuff about anti-matter and virtual reality, a more down-to-earth, not to say earthy, nugget of information. A ye...
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Sunday, October 07, 2007

Exploring

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I really didn't intend to blog much about Second Life , but have been sufficiently intrigued by my recent visits and what happened there...
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Saturday, October 06, 2007

3:10 to a malt loaf?

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A couple of weeks ago I had an amusing trawl through some childhood memories over a discussion of the current film 3:10 to Yuma. 50 years ag...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Baffled of Dunoon

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Over breakfast this morning (yes, I was late) I found myself listening to an extraordinarily mind-boggling conversation on Melvyn Bragg'...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Small is ...

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There is a tendency among Scottish Episcopalians to comfort themselves with the mantra 'Small is beautiful'. Most of us live lives o...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Anniversaries

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Choir stalls Originally uploaded by goforchris . 34 years ago today I was confirmed in the Cathedral of The Isles, Cumbrae, on my b...
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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Flying high

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Being someone's mother can be a real pain. Right now, thinking of Edublogger , Mrs E and Baby E travelling to New Zealand, I am acutely ...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

Civilisation

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I mustn't go on about Second Life , but feel I owe this post to the person I met the other evening - actually it was midnight - on the L...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Threatened in Second Life?

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The setting sun casts a lurid red path on the dark sea. Behind me are tall buildings, their windows unlit. The road ahead of me is empty, bu...
Monday, September 24, 2007

Heirlooms and avatars

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Coffee Table 1 Originally uploaded by Mac44 . I've just spent the evening admiring our new coffee table. Well, no - I admit I watch...
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