Monday, June 27, 2011

Frock it!

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I very rarely write about clothes. Dresses even less often. But there's a family wedding on the horizon, and it will still be summer (st...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Who's Corpus Christi?

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Bit slow off the mark, I'm afraid, as a visit to Glasgow for a service in the evening involves The Last Ferry and a rather late night. B...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

And God saw that it was good

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Here we are again - back in Holy Trinity for Trinity Sunday. The service has just ended, the crucifer is returning the cross to its stand, t...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Emerging from chaos ...

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This rather poor photo doesn't do justice to the satisfaction it represents - a combination of a phone-camera, a gloomy day and hands tr...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Twittering respectably

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I've been catching up on some old friends' blogs - you can thank the weather for that, chaps! - and came across this post from Neil...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Lilies in the wind

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The stinking lilies (left) are all out - I suspect they have a posh name, like Turk's Cap lilies or something, but their ammonia smell m...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Fiddling at Synod?

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Oh dear. I've been remiss in my blogging - but I've been away. Not more continental junketings, alas, but at the General Synod of th...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

On the march again

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On the march again Originally uploaded by goforchris . Having caught up on most of my life, thanks to a dreich day with no huvtaes, I...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

The Collection

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I'm just back from doing the Christian Aid collection with my pal Mrs Heathbank . Because we are relatively lithe and active (I know, bu...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

Climbing through the past

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Familiar stair Originally uploaded by goforchris . Well, that was fun. Two hours spent in a building that seemed (predictably) to hav...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Time travelling today ...

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Today I'm going to visit the school this grinning child attended: Hillhead Primary School in Glasgow. (And if you follow me on Twitter y...
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Monday, May 09, 2011

The Revolution: a traditional English teacher’s take.

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It's that time of the year - exam time, when suddenly the seniors have vanished and the tired teacher has time to reflect but finds she ...
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Saturday, May 07, 2011

And now it's all over ...

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SNP Manifesto at a glance Originally uploaded by Ewan McIntosh . Wow. In the rainy aftermath of the Scottish election there's tim...
Friday, May 06, 2011

Doomsday without spoilers

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If I tell you that the copy of Connie Willis' Doomsday Book in the photo was one I actually ordered from the US because Amazon UK was n...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

One for the flight bag

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I finished reading Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace just before the busyness of Holy Week began, and now wish I'd saved it for a holid...
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Monday, May 02, 2011

Still singing after all these years ...

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Are we all ready? Originally uploaded by goforchris . Readers of this blog will know that I sing a bit. Yesterday the group with whic...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Grauniad alive and well and better online

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I had the interesting experience yesterday - yes, I know there was a wedding going on, but there was life beyond that - of experiencing for ...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Of plain chant, coal heavers and feathers...

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I've referred recently to singing plainsong  - though the singing of the example on this Wiki page wouldn't encourage anyone, I fear...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

The Cross gets in the way ...

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Paschal Candle in Holy Trinity by Sharon Barnard Earlier today I found myself sitting at the computer in the quiet aftermath of an exuber...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Birdsong in Gethsemane

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In the darkling garden a lone bird   drops liquid notes like dark blood beneath the quiet trees. And then silence. And in the silence the ol...
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