Friday, November 30, 2007

Advent Wreath - Dunoon version

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Creating Advent Wreath Originally uploaded by goforchris . The other day, I came upon instructions for making an advent wreath, and thou...
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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Skypeing off into the sunset

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This crazy photo - not improved by the fact that the photographer had a fit of giggles at the time - is here to illustrate once more the ben...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Na zdorovia!

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"Take it with flash" Originally uploaded by goforchris . Just seen the singers of Voskresenije off on the next leg of their cur...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Waiting for Voskresenije

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If it's November, the Russians must be on their way. Actually, they are - our visiting choir from St Petersburg, Voskresenije, are even ...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

All change...

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This Navajo woman has absolutely nothing to do with my subject today other than her faintly quizzical expression and the fact that she is we...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

The Tale of the Twittering Son

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Once upon a time there was a relatively doting mother who did all the cool things like using the internet, sending mails, blogging, surfing,...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007

The dying business

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I read this extract from Le Milieu Divin by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin last night. I thought it was an extraordinary take on the business ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Inspiration

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At this time of year, with the afternoon turning dark at 3.45pm (it's turned into a very grey day indeed after a cold, bright morning), ...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Luddites in the glens

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Will there come the day when everyone will regard the use of computers/internet/social software as normal? I deliberately arranged the above...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

A gauntlet ...

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I've just been testing my vocabulary (not, I must admit, for the first time) on this site , to which I was directed by Mr W earlier in ...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

A visit to Grandmama's

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I'll just eat a finger Originally uploaded by goforchris . I'm in the middle of remembering one of the potent reasons for having ...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The midnight hour

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This clock - a long-case clock - has for the past two weeks lain in my front room in several pieces, in order to have the hall decorated wit...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Listening in Argyll

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Yesterday I was too tired to blog; today I find myself every bit as pleased with the day as I was while driving home through the dark and we...
Friday, November 09, 2007

Growing in Second Life

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A few more thoughts on Second Life, prompted by a conversation with Ewan , whom I have never yet managed to meet in SL and who - perhaps as ...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Superlative sourdough

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I made another batch of sourdough bread the other day, and found that the memory lapse which led me to abandon the loaves at the final risin...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Examining the past

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I've just been watching this extraordinarily gripping film, Taking Sides , which recreates the interrogation of Dr Wilhem Furtwangler du...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

New wheels

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The new wheels Originally uploaded by goforchris . The more devoted among my readers may recall that way back before the summer (I know...
Sunday, November 04, 2007

Premature

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Oh dear. I feel a weensie grump coming on - a sort of Victoria Meldrew moment. As I drove home today, bemoaning the darkness at 6pm, knowing...
Saturday, November 03, 2007

Remembering

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Yesterday we celebrated All Souls in Holy Trinity. A handful of worshippers - it was in the morning - but a host of remembered souls. It was...
Friday, November 02, 2007

Ghosts

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First papering of hall Originally uploaded by goforchris . We live in an oldish house. We know this every time there's a leak in th...