Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Blue remembered hills?

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High enough to rise above the noise of cars and lorries on the road below high enough to feel the cool wind blow to raise the hair and...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Poem for the day

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It's Cowal Games time. I am sitting with the study window closed against the sound of pipes drifting down from the park; it's been ...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Edwin Morgan: a farewell

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Edwin Morgan: last rites Originally uploaded by goforchris . The Bute Hall, Glasgow University. I haven't been in this place since ...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Janice Galloway at the Book Festival

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The tent is packed. It's a big enough space for you to forget it's a tent, except that the walls wave gently as doors are opened, an...
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Edwin Morgan: taking it personally

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The death of a famous person snags the consciousness, be they movie star, writer or monarch. But when that famous person is someone you'...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

More forties

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Choir stalls Originally uploaded by goforchris . Another of those days when there seems to be a kink in time. I have sat in these choir s...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010

Transfiguration prayer

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Like being airborne Originally uploaded by goforchris . God of the mountain-top, God of the shining clouds May the wind of your spirit ...
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Friday, August 06, 2010

Pandaemonium

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Not only do I forget to blog - or even to think - during the holiday period; I also give myself permission to read "holiday books"...
Thursday, August 05, 2010

Grandparents in charge

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Sampling the sea Originally uploaded by goforchris . Strange, isn't it? I've been out of teaching for five years and I still slid...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Singing grief

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I was involved in one of our all-too-infrequent rehearsals with the St Maura Singers yesterday - an expanded SMS, with two extra singers to ...
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

The Journey

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Of course there was no serpent. The tree's fruit was a mirror, its temptation reflection. R.S.Thomas wrote these words sometime around 1...
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Friday, July 09, 2010

Poetic pilgrimage

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I'm off again tomorrow - a trip culminating in a pilgrimage to the last parish of the poet/priest R.S. Thomas, in Aberdaron. Thomas spen...
Thursday, July 08, 2010

July 8 1970 - July 8 2010

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Ruby Balloons Originally uploaded by goforchris . It's our 40th wedding anniversary today. It may be a cliché to say so, but I can ha...
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Offspring of a poem

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The poem that grew out of writing the previous one is now here on frankenstina.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

New poem explained

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There's a new poem over at frankenstina. I wrote it this morning, after a brief foray to hang out the washing before the next batch of ...
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Monday, July 05, 2010

Ruby Do in Dunoon

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Surfacing slowly after a weekend of celebration, I begin this look back at our Ruby Wedding celebrations with an apology to Andrew: Sorry, B...
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Thursday, July 01, 2010

Artichokes and attitudes

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Market, Mayenne, Monday Originally uploaded by goforchris . I suppose the notion of a bustling, sunny market brimming with vegetabl...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Dancing - with midges*

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I'm back. I've been wandering in London and rural France, but right now I need to talk about ... dancing. Perhaps it's the tende...
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Synod - a personal take

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Bishop Katherine addresses Synod Originally uploaded by goforchris . I spent the end of the week at the General Synod of the Scottish E...
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Monday, June 07, 2010

Holy Fanfic

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Ever read a book that has been recommended by a friend, that bears on its back cover glowing reviews from sources you usually trust - and f...
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