Monday, December 31, 2007

And it's goodbye ...

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Christmas wrapped up Originally uploaded by Edublogger . ...to my granddaughter, to her parents (house feeling rather empty), to 20...
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Friday, December 28, 2007

Big deal?

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Audience Originally uploaded by goforchris . I've been reflecting on how it felt to sit in a famous venue like the Royal Albert Hal...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Banking blues

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My post-Christmas sloth has been disrupted by an outbreak of bank rage. An oversight on my part has left me with an unpaid credit card bill ...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Angel!

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Angel Originally uploaded by goforchris . What a terrific atmosphere we had in church this Christmas morning! I personally love the Mid...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Some gig!

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Second half Originally uploaded by goforchris . We've been off gadding, Mr B and I - to London, just before Christmas. Normally we wo...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

In transit

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This is more like it! After an absolutely perishing train between Gourock and Glasgow we find the toasty comfort of Virgin's 1st class m...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Rites

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How important it is to get it right for a funeral! And how difficult at this time of year - or is it? Especially if the person who has died ...
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Monday, December 17, 2007

Abigail revisited

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I've just been seduced into watching, for the umpteenth time, the wonderfully awful Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh, 1977). Actually, I...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Week at the knees

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It was my turn to read the lessons in church today. I love reading, especially these wonderful prophetic passages from Isaiah which you find...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Timeless.

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Robin ... Originally uploaded by goforchris . There is nothing, I've decided, more likely to bring about the folding of time, the t...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Arthur & George

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I've just finished reading Julian Barnes ' book Arthur & George . Normally when telling people how to write a decent critical es...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Cats, mice and glycerine

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I'm indebted to Mrs Tosh for drawing my attention to this wonderful video of a genetically modified mouse playing happily round the fe...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Statinstics

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An interesting little chain cropped up the past couple of weeks in the world of statins, the wonder drug for lowering cholesterol. Highland ...
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Reflections

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Sunset reflections Originally uploaded by goforchris . Looking back on yesterday's carol service, two very different reflections - ...
Sunday, December 09, 2007

Waiting

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Candlelight and darkness. Music, words, silence. The Advent Carol Service at Holy Trinity was filled with a real sense of expectation - the ...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007

Mrs Blethers, I presume?

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I can't resist blogging this historic meeting. Ewan and I have never managed to meet on Second Life until this evening, and here we are...
Friday, December 07, 2007

Shopping spree

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Donald Dewar Originally uploaded by goforchris . A visit to Glasgow is always interesting, whether because of the improbable amount...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Another poem

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I've just posted a new poem over on frankenstina . It was written after midnight one night last week, when I was overcome with the compl...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Slanglican match

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Goodness, these folks over at Anglicans Online have fairly come over all petted about the Anglican Cathedral on Second Life . Their patroni...
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Monday, December 03, 2007

Of poetry

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I've been having an interesting exchange with BiL about a couple of the poems I've published recently. Of course I'm used to ex...
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