Sunday, February 28, 2010

We are marching

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Every now and then, someone at church remarks on the apparent miracle of the suitability of the hymns (chosen by Mr B) for the lectionary of...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Powers of hell ...

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And grow hotter Originally uploaded by goforchris . A reminder of the power lurking just below the earth on Lanzarote hit us powerfully a...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Volcanic holiday

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Volcanic landscape Originally uploaded by goforchris . Lanzarote is a strange place. In fact I'd had no idea how strange - when I tol...
Monday, February 22, 2010

New poem/prayer

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There's a new poem - or maybe it's a prayer - over on frankenstina , which I used as the meditation during Morning Prayer on our las...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Blogging off

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I've been neglecting this blog for the past fortnight - away walking in Lanzarote for a week, of which more anon, and now off to Iona fo...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The Book Thief

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I've just finished reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. And I mean "just finished", which means that I'm still steeped...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Chimney pots but no smoke

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No white smoke from Dunoon, but a tale of five chimneys - or rather, five Victorian chimney pots, the organist, and the organist's wife....
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Let us begin ...

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Tomorrow Piskies in this corner of the church - Dunoon, Rothesay and Tighnabruaich, acting in their linked charge capacity for the first tim...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Contrasts recalled

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Found myself thinking back to our trip to las Vegas two years ago - one of our "let's escape the tail-end of the Scottish winter tr...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Attitudes to nukes

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My February copy of "Nuclear-free Scotland" came yesterday, and two items caught my attention in such a way to remind me of my ong...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Thoughts of a domestic goddess

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An unusual start to the day: three loads of washing done, and a pot of soup on the stove, and some niggly bits of cleaning in the kitchen - ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Distracting hands

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'Straordinary. The BBC's political correspondent was talking tonight on the news and I haven't a clue what she was reporting on ...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Loudly reading

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I was interested to read Neil Winton's post t'other day, and follow through to this post from Bill Boyd - both of them on the impo...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Worshipping teachers (not teachers worshipping!)

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I found myself reading an account by Robert Service of his schooldays (In A Hillhead Album , if you're interested) in which he told of ...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

WiiFit has us in fits

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One of the more hilarious activities of my week so far involved a visit to my sister to play with her new toy. Saying that makes me sound ab...
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New poem

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I've posted a new poem on frankenstina - this year's somewhat bleak take on the journey of the Magi. I wonder how many of us look a...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

We've (not) done it!

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So the SEC – those in Glasgow and Galloway anyway - didn’t choose the first female bishop in the UK. And that’s what the media f...
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Friday, January 15, 2010

Further adventures with a bi-lingual child

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Nina Originally uploaded by Morgane McIntosh . The other day Mr B and I took our granddaughter out to lunch. We allowed her mother ...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Shiverclyde Royal

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This, one of my best online prezzies, came the other evening from my amigo Mad Priest . I have to tell you I feel I've arrived, blogisti...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Bottle-fed vampires?

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As a fan of the BBC series Being Human , I might be forgiven the odd flight of fancy about the ubiquity of vampires and other interesting sp...
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