Saturday, February 28, 2009

Moving on?

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We all have choices throughout our lives about staying or moving on. Perhaps the movement within society is one of the biggest defining mark...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Beauty from chaos

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Ash Wednesday is drawing to a close, and the Lent blog , Beauty from Chaos, is alive once more. And as we prayed the Eucharistic prayer for ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

New poem

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If you haven't seen it already, there is a new poem about the visit to the crater below El Teide on frankenstina . It was an added bonus...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

A high point

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Setting off Originally uploaded by goforchris . This pic comes from a wonderful day spent high above the clouds which enveloped the coa...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Black desert

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Black desert Originally uploaded by goforchris . One of our most remarkable walks on Tenerife was through the area known as Las Arenas ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Follow my leader

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The leaders Originally uploaded by goforchris . Time to reflect, then, on the experience that is an HF holiday – a Classic Walking Holi...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Volcano day

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Felt like making an appearance on my own blog for once. I'm perched on top of the crag on the rim of the caldera just before the break w...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Day off

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One of the joys of an activity holiday such as this is The Day Off. Today, in temperatures of 20 Celsius or so, we've been almost as idl...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Ultreya!

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Those in the know will recognise in the title of this post an exhortation to tired pilgrims who appeared to be flagging. In Spain. So it see...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Beyond the Ice Age

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There is warm sun! This pic from our balcony may look a tad grey, but we've spent the day walking the coast in got sun, watching the Atl...
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Friday, February 06, 2009

Setting a President

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Just before I left home, I finished reading Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama. I had to finish it because I was gripped in a way I don...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Snow dahn sahth

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I'm having an adventure break. Not in Tenerife, ...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Strange interests

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Regular readers of this blog will recall that, just over a week ago, I wrote a post about my own experiences of punishment and boredom in m...
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Monday, February 02, 2009

Candlemas

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Today we celebrated Candlemas . As the north wind moaned outside the church, we put out all the lights and waited in the candlelight for the...
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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Hymn coming good

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After a week of negative postings, time for a cheerier word. Two really good moments in church this morning: First, there was a moment or tw...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Whose gate is it anyway?

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I was thinking about hymns on the back of an irritating discussion t'other day. A rummage in Google - because I was thinking first about...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Glass ceilings and scolds' bridles

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When I was teaching, there was a past paper that we used for exam practice in Interpretation/Close Reading/What you will in which the passag...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Being nice

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Been thinking this past couple of days about the implications of "Christian" behaviour. My reverend friend has obviously been suf...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Strange Meeting?

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The photo above shows one of the compensations of having meetings in this part of the world - the sun setting in a sudden blaze of glory abo...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Oh, Miss...

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I've been inspired by one of the comments on yesterday's post to reflect on what led to punishment - and in particular corporal puni...
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