Friday, March 25, 2011

Annunciation and burial

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Funeral on Lady Day for Neil McKellar A bird is singing in the tall trees over and over the same liquid notes spilling over the dug ear...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

A country funeral

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Musta been funny anyway! Originally uploaded by goforchris . Yesterday, unbelievably when I look at this jolly photo from last June, ...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Spring contrasts

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 This morning was swathed in fog, here on the Clyde coast. It was cold, damp, grey and depressing. It looked as if it might stay like that a...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Once more Ultreya ...

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Last weekend saw the first Cursillo in Scotland weekend for almost two years, after a period of reflection leading to a determination to ret...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Caught up in the past

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I've been so taken up by the process of blogging my father's wartime letters that I find myself adopting his style of delivery on oc...
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Monday, March 07, 2011

Playing away...

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Must post briefly about yesterday's gig with 8+1 in Rothesay. One of the things about singing in a smallish group with no natural base (...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

Taking off in Argyll and The Isles

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This slightly hazy photo (courtesy of Al ) is all I have to remind me of Diocesan Synod - that and the rather dog-eared copy of the Synod pa...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Lilies of the field?

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I'm a great one for a bit of symbolism, and tend to become inordinately excited when I'm surprised by something beautiful. I knew t...
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Friday, February 25, 2011

Out of the dark ...

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It's amazing how a sudden change in the weather can make such a difference to life. Perhaps I should qualify that. When I lived in the ...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Notes on a letter from the past.

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I've just been posting another of my father's wartime letters on Letters from the Past . In this one , he is rejoicing at the confir...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Bubbling away

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Time for confession. I've become addicted to a game. And it's on my iPad - so I don't even have to visit the study to play it. B...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Recycling gay marriage

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Sometimes I can't help myself. It happened this morning. At least I didn't reach for the phone - but I did send a mail. What was it ...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Class wars in Doyle

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AS I start this post, I notice that the photo accompanying the one about +Kevin's consecration has vanished. I hope it's a temporary...
Friday, February 04, 2011

'Tis done ... we have a Bishop!

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Don't they look jolly? The chaps in the gold hats are the current bishops of the SEC; the others are either retired or from overseas - b...
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Wild things

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This wild and wooly day happened to coincide with a fairly long-standing arrangement to visit Edinburgh, so having chipped the ice from the ...
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Enjoying an old 'tec

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In keeping with my current preoccupation , I've dipped back into my childhood years again with this excellent Penguin Classic, The Tiger...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

A fascinating letter

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The letter I've just been posting on Letters from the Past   is full of interest. My father must have been underemployed on duty that ni...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Hats from the past

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It's amazing how one - or at least I - can become obsessed with a subject. I've always known this - at least from the period of Anci...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Walking in the air

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Walking in the air Originally uploaded by goforchris . The photo accompanying this post shows how magical this afternoon was. After a...
Friday, January 21, 2011

Stringent

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My current preoccupation with  Letters from the Past  means I have less time - and fewer thoughts - to post on this blog, but after a flurry...