Friday, April 30, 2010

Blinkered vision

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Last weekend I ordered a book from Amazon - oh, the fatally easy one-click ordering! - and realised as I hit "buy" that it would a...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Electoral circus

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Last night's news left me more despairing about this election than I can ever remember. And the inane phone-in on BBC Scotland this morn...
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Unreal city ...

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There are some benefits to having a cold bad enough to keep you grounded, of which reading - even, as I suggested in the last post, reading ...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Rose, thou art sick ...

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Feeling oppressed by the latest in a series of colds - after 6 years without one, I've had 4 in the past year as well as a proper dose o...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

A Burnt-out case

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Another old, small paperback - and I've found that there are some of this edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-out Case for sale on ...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Pay for Ning?

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Darn. The other day I read that Ning networks will have to be paid for - you can read it for yourself here . Now I always wonder just how al...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

Unregistered at last

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It's official. I am no longer eligible to teach in Scotland - I have the letter telling me so. I thought it was time to give up any pret...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Laughter, pure and simple

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Just had to share this on somewhere I could find it again - the most wonderful example of total mirth and involvement. I don't know what...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Conservative anarchy?

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Well what was all that about? David Cameron's launch of the Tory Manifesto left me visualising the kind of mayhem that might result from...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Journey into an old friend

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I've just been re-reading Eric Ambler's thriller Journey into Fear , not in the Penguin Modern Classics edition shown here but in a ...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Burning zeal

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End of a successful fire... Originally uploaded by goforchris . After a frustrating 24 hours of internetlessness, now mercifully resolve...
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Sacred Hearts and their secrets

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I've just finished reading Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - though I see they've brought out a new (and cheaper) edition with an unf...
Sunday, April 04, 2010

We are an Easter people ...

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Easter Garden Originally uploaded by goforchris . Easter morning. The sun shone, the church was full of the sound of Alleluias. In the ...
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Saturday, April 03, 2010

Paschal Alleluias

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Allejuia! The New Fire was lit, the Paschal Candle processed into the dark church, the old readings heard, the Litany sung. Now the candle b...
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Friday, April 02, 2010

Comment moderation

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I've had to implement comment moderation for the blog because of a troll called Ronnie. I haven't the least idea who he is, but he...
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Thinking on Good Friday

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Good Friday. A difficult day - what an understatement, really, if you think about it. Sun and sudden warmth, a fat bee raising clouds of pol...
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Chilly repose

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Altar of Repose Originally uploaded by goforchris . Another Maundy Thursday, another vigil by the Altar of Repose in the Lady Chape...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Not a conjunction

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It's happened again. I'm riveted by Sarah Dunant's latest novel and enjoying the intricacies of life in an Italian Renaissance c...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Old-fashioned fun

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Grandma draws Catriona Originally uploaded by goforchris . When I was at secondary school, it was after S3 that we cut out of our curr...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

It's life, Jim ...

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Can't I prowl in peace? Originally uploaded by Mac44 . The bird table continues to be a source of fascination as this frozen winter...
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