Sunday, July 31, 2011

Dancing Backwards for a holiday

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I always save promising books for holidays - by which I mean time spent away from home - and almost always end up hardly reading at all beca...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

While life goes on ...

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We attended a midday Eucharist today in All Saints, Hereford - an ancient, city centre church that was in a bad way until a cafe was set up ...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Being here

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Caisteal Abhail and Ceum na Caillich Originally uploaded by goforchris . Being here has always mattered more than where I’m going. S...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Of crows (or not) and sinews

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Another improbably lovely morning in Glen Rosa as the early clouds melt and a hot sun shines on the garden - a totally private and sheltered...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Home, home ... In the glen

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It's an odd feeling to be here - and an annoying feeling not to be able to send a photo of here to the blog: for some reason, despite an...
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Chew, don't swallow.

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Another blog post, another novel. It's not that I've been devouring fiction more than usual, more a failure to blog that brings this...
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Saturday, July 02, 2011

Emma Donoghue's Room

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I've always had a difficulty with books entirely written in a voice with which I'm uneasy. I never managed, for example, to read The...
Friday, July 01, 2011

End of an era

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Jupiter Originally uploaded by goforchris . Ok, that's a hackneyed header. And it's in today's local paper - but my era ...
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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