Saturday, December 31, 2011

Round-up

›
Last read of the year I realise, through the Lemsip-induced haze of another cold, that I've been remiss in reviewing books recently. ...
3 comments:
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe ...

›
The kitchen is warm. No - it is actually unbearably hot. The erstwhile poet/musician, transformed for the nonce into Domestic Goddess, is ha...
3 comments:
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Thinking of angels

›
Oh, do not try to make it ordinary or even think of credibility - this visitation by the angel or many to shepherds in their freezing f...
5 comments:
Monday, December 19, 2011

Winter Solstice

›
The silver tree is a white ghost in the dimpled white of last week’s snow as the pale glow in the eastern sky shows where the short-lived ...
3 comments:
Sunday, December 18, 2011

See amid the winter ... ice

›
8+1 in Holy Trinity What word do I choose? What word expresses the elation of this afternoon? For all that words are my business, I don...
4 comments:
Saturday, December 17, 2011

Words, words, words...

›
I've made a belated discovery about the potency - or otherwise - of words. Words of carols, to be specific, and words of other choral mu...
6 comments:
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Mortal thoughts

›
I was at the funeral today of someone we've known all the time we've lived here, a stalwart of the kirk. The church was packed. And ...
7 comments:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Off the hook...

›
Ok. I know I've been fretting about this holiday my offspring has taken his family on. But goodness, that does look like fun. And it...
Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Advent song in audio

›
For all the lovely people who commented so appreciatively about the new anthem this week, I've made my first attempt at uploading a vide...
9 comments:
Sunday, December 04, 2011

Advent Song

›
Look, God, look in the vastness of your dark hear this song in the chorus of the world where I sing for the glory of your coming held by lov...
15 comments:
Saturday, December 03, 2011

New passport, new pictures

›
My new passport arrived yesterday, and its predecessor, duly snipped, this morning. So I'll start by saying how impressed I am with the ...
1 comment:
Friday, December 02, 2011

Ferry bad indeed

›
Today, the Firth of Clyde is calm after a week of wind and rain. The photo above was taken on Monday morning and shows the Argyll Flyer , w...
8 comments:
Thursday, December 01, 2011

Magic in the Mass?

›
I've just been at a Roman Catholic mass for the first time in about 20 years. It wasn't your normal mass - it was the priest's S...
6 comments:
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Problem-finding mission

›
I've been spending some of this awful weather hibernating over the computer. Surprise, surprise. But every now and then I hit on somethi...
3 comments:
Sunday, November 27, 2011

The first candle ...

›
Goodness, that was great! As I said in my last post, I love Advent - and it began today in fine style up the hill at Holy T. From the lighti...
Friday, November 25, 2011

The Advent of Advent

›
The mornings are dark; the darkness returns early. Tonight it is chilly and more gales are threatened. The sea is restless and the trees gro...
2 comments:
Sunday, November 20, 2011

A plug - and a word of explanation

›
I've just stuck a new poem on Frankenstina. I haven't written much recently - it's a bit like getting up early to go swimming: ...
1 comment:
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Taxed out of pocket

›
For years I never thought about income tax. It came off my salary, codes were issued, things remained much the same. I retired, new codes we...
1 comment:
Saturday, November 12, 2011

Remembering stories

›
This was where my parents had reached that evening... I've been reading Rev Ruth's remembrance memories (if that's not tauto...
1 comment:

War Requiem

›
I listened this evening to the last part of Britten's War Requiem , in the recording featured here, digitally remastered and sounding ...